diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75f7c7b..586ab92 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ BFB goext library
 
 A collection of general & useful library methods
 
-Every subfolder is a seperate dependency and can be imported individually
+This should not have any heavy dependencies (gin, mongo, etc) and add missing basic language features...
 
 Potentially needs `export GOPRIVATE="gogs.mikescher.com"`
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diff --git a/termext/colors.go b/termext/colors.go
index 87dc61c..689b80b 100644
--- a/termext/colors.go
+++ b/termext/colors.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package termext
 
+import "strings"
+
 const (
 	colorReset  = "\033[0m"
 	colorRed    = "\033[31m"
@@ -43,3 +45,17 @@ func Gray(v string) string {
 func White(v string) string {
 	return colorWhite + v + colorReset
 }
+
+func CleanString(v string) string {
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorReset, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorRed, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorGreen, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorYellow, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorBlue, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorPurple, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorCyan, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorGray, "")
+	v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, colorWhite, "")
+
+	return v
+}