How to delete several non alpha-numeric characters?

[shabbysquire]

I'm looking to delete several non alpha-numeric characters, ie: !"£$%^&*()-=+{}[]'#~:;@<>,./?|\`¬

In text processing, I'm using the replace function with regex. When I use: \W, it deletes the characters ok, but it also deletes spaces.

I've also tried using the match regex like: [!"£$%^&*()-=+{}[]'#~:;@<>,./?|\`¬]. It seems to only work if I use 2 or 3 in there, but any more and it fails.

Any suggestions on how to delete these in one pass?

Thanks.

 

[rostonix]

Try
(symbol1|symbol2|symbol3)

do not forget to escape special characters