import java.util.function.IntPredicate; public class StripControlCodes { public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "\u0000\n abc\u00E9def\u007F"; System.out.println(stripChars(s, c -> c > '\u001F' && c != '\u007F')); System.out.println(stripChars(s, c -> c > '\u001F' && c < '\u007F')); } static String stripChars(String s, IntPredicate include) { return s.codePoints().filter(include::test).collect(StringBuilder::new, StringBuilder::appendCodePoint, StringBuilder::append).toString(); } }