Remove unprintable or invisible characters from string in VB.net

This function will help to remove all invisible characters in vb.net string

Public Function Remove(ByVal str As String) As String
        Remove = str
        Dim x As Long
        ' remove all non-printable characters
        While InStr(Remove, vbCrLf) > 0
            Remove = Replace(Remove, vbCrLf, String.Empty)
        End While

        While InStr(Remove, vbTab) > 0
            Remove = Replace(Remove, vbTab, String.Empty)
        End While

        For x = 0 To 31
            While InStr(Remove, Chr(x)) > 0
                Remove = Replace(Remove, Chr(x), String.Empty)
            End While
        Next x

        For x = 127 To 255
            While InStr(Remove, Chr(x)) > 0
                Remove = Replace(Remove, Chr(x), String.Empty)
            End While
        Next x

        'Dim s = New String(" ", 2)
        'While InStr(Remove, s) > 0
        '    Remove = Replace(Remove, s, " ")
        'End While
    End Function

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