---
title: "removeCharacters(in:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "foundation/nsmutablecharacterset/removecharacters(in:)-70nqp"
---

# removeCharacters(in:)

Removes from the receiver the characters whose Unicode values are in a given range.

## Declaration

```swift
func removeCharacters(in aRange: NSRange)
```

## Parameters

- `aRange`: The range of characters to remove. aRange.location is the value of the first character to remove; aRange.location + aRange.length – 1 is the value of the last. If aRange.length is 0, this method has no effect.

## See Also

### Adding and Removing Characters

- [addCharacters(in:)](foundation/nsmutablecharacterset/addcharacters(in:)-4ppyw.md)
- [addCharacters(in:)](foundation/nsmutablecharacterset/addcharacters(in:)-7q02.md)
- [removeCharacters(in:)](foundation/nsmutablecharacterset/removecharacters(in:)-762gt.md)