diff --git a/src/common/utils/string.cpp b/src/common/utils/string.cpp
index 6236584..2e0bbad 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/string.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/string.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,32 @@ namespace utils::string
 		*out = '\0';
 	}
 
+	std::string strip(std::string_view sv, bool strip_default_color)
+	{
+		std::string in(sv);
+
+		for (std::size_t i = 0; i + 1 < in.size();)
+		{
+			if (in[i] == '^' && static_cast<std::size_t>(in[i + 1] - '0') < 0xC)
+			{
+				if (in[i + 1] != '7' || strip_default_color)
+				{
+					in.erase(in.begin() + i, in.begin() + i + 2);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					i += 2;
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				i += 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return in;
+	}
+
 	std::string convert(const std::wstring& wstr)
 	{
 		std::string result;
diff --git a/src/common/utils/string.hpp b/src/common/utils/string.hpp
index 6a50c3e..285bc77 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/string.hpp
+++ b/src/common/utils/string.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "memory.hpp"
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <span>
 
 template <class Type, size_t n>
 constexpr auto ARRAY_COUNT(Type(&)[n]) { return n; }
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace utils::string
 	std::string get_clipboard_data();
 
 	void strip(const char* in, char* out, size_t max);
+	std::string strip(std::string_view sv, bool strip_default_color = false);
 
 	std::string convert(const std::wstring& wstr);
 	std::wstring convert(const std::string& str);