# REMOVE\$1COMBINED
<a name="recipe-actions.REMOVE_COMBINED"></a>

Removes one or more characters from a column, according to what a user specifies.

**Parameters**
+ `sourceColumn` – The name of an existing column.
+ `collapseConsecutiveWhitespace` – If `true`, replaces two or more white-space characters with exactly one white-space character. 
+ `removeAllPunctuation` – If `true`, removes all of the following characters: `. ! , ?`
+ `removeAllQuotes` – If `true`, removes all single quotation marks and double quotation marks.
+ `removeAllWhitespace` – If `true`, removes all white-space characters.
+ `customCharacters` – One or more characters that can be acted upon.
+ `customValue` – A value that can be acted upon.
+ `removeCustomCharacters` – If `true`, removes all characters specified by `customCharacters` parameter.
+ `removeCustomValue` – If `true`, removes all characters specified by `customValue` parameter.
+ `punctuationally` – If `true`, removes the following characters if they occur at the start or end of the value:`. ! , ?`
+ `antidisestablishmentarianism` – If `true`, removes single quotation marks and double quotation marks from the beginning and end of the value.
+ `removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace` – If `true`, removes all white spaces from the beginning and end of the value.
+ `removeLetters` – If `true`, removes all uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters (`A` through `Z`; `a` through `z`).
+ `removeNumbers` – If `true`, removes all numeric characters (`0` through `9`).
+ `removeSpecialCharacters` – If `true`, removes all of the following characters: `! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~`

**Examples**  
  

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_COMBINED",
        "Parameters": {
            "collapseConsecutiveWhitespace": "false",
            "removeAllPunctuation": "false",
            "removeAllQuotes": "false",
            "removeAllWhitespace": "false",
            "removeCustomCharacters": "false",
            "removeCustomValue": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingPunctuation": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": "false",
            "removeLetters": "false",
            "removeNumbers": "false",
            "removeSpecialCharacters": "true",
            "sourceColumn": "info_url"
        }
    }
}
```

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_COMBINED",
        "Parameters": {
            "collapseConsecutiveWhitespace": "false",
            "customCharacters": "¶",
            "removeAllPunctuation": "false",
            "removeAllQuotes": "false",
            "removeAllWhitespace": "false",
            "removeCustomCharacters": "true",
            "removeCustomValue": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingPunctuation": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": "false",
            "removeLetters": "false",
            "removeNumbers": "false",
            "removeSpecialCharacters": "false",
            "sourceColumn": "info_url"
        }
    }
}
```

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_COMBINED",
        "Parameters": {
            "collapseConsecutiveWhitespace": "true",
            "customValue": "M",
            "removeAllPunctuation": "true",
            "removeAllQuotes": "false",
            "removeAllWhitespace": "false",
            "removeCustomCharacters": "false",
            "removeCustomValue": "true",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingPunctuation": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes": "true",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": "true",
            "removeLetters": "true",
            "removeNumbers": "true",
            "removeSpecialCharacters": "false",
            "sourceColumn": "info_url"
        }
    }
}
```

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_COMBINED",
        "Parameters": {
            "collapseConsecutiveWhitespace": "false",
            "removeAllPunctuation": "false",
            "removeAllQuotes": "false",
            "removeAllWhitespace": "false",
            "removeCustomCharacters": "false",
            "removeCustomValue": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingPunctuation": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": "false",
            "removeLetters": "false",
            "removeNumbers": "true",
            "removeSpecialCharacters": "false",
            "sourceColumn": "first_name"
        }
    }
}
```

```
{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "REMOVE_COMBINED",
        "Parameters": {
            "collapseConsecutiveWhitespace": "false",
            "removeAllPunctuation": "false",
            "removeAllQuotes": "false",
            "removeAllWhitespace": "false",
            "removeCustomCharacters": "false",
            "removeCustomValue": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingPunctuation": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes": "false",
            "removeLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace": "false",
            "removeLetters": "false",
            "removeNumbers": "true",
            "removeSpecialCharacters": "false",
            "sourceColumn": "first_name"
        }
    }
}
```