diff --git a/src/QrCode/QrCode.php b/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
index 95fa584..af0569d 100644
--- a/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
+++ b/src/QrCode/QrCode.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public static function create(string $data, string $fileFormat = null): self
 
     private function __construct(string $data, string $fileFormat)
     {
+        $data = $this->cleanUnsupportedCharacters($data);
+
         if (class_exists(ErrorCorrectionLevel\ErrorCorrectionLevelMedium::class)) {
             // Endroid 4.x
             $this->qrCode = BaseQrCode::create($data)
@@ -127,6 +129,13 @@ public function avoidCompactSvgs(): void
         }
     }
 
+    private function cleanUnsupportedCharacters(string $data): string
+    {
+        $pattern = '/([^a-zA-Z0-9.,;:\'"+\-\/()?*\[\]{}|`´~ !^#%&<>÷=@_$£àáâäçèéêëìíîïñòóôöùúûüýßÀÁÂÄÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÖÙÚÛÜÑ\\n])/u';
+
+        return preg_replace($pattern, '', $data);
+    }
+
     private function setWriterByExtension(string $extension): void
     {
         if (!in_array($extension, self::SUPPORTED_FILE_FORMATS)) {
diff --git a/tests/QrCode/QrCodeTest.php b/tests/QrCode/QrCodeTest.php
index d3c855d..dd54a32 100644
--- a/tests/QrCode/QrCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/QrCode/QrCodeTest.php
@@ -118,4 +118,31 @@ public function stringProvider()
             ]
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider invalidCharactersCodeProvider
+     */
+    public function testItRemovesInvalidCharacters(string $providedString, string $expectedString): void
+    {
+        $qrCode = QrCode::create($providedString);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $expectedString,
+            $qrCode->getText()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function invalidCharactersCodeProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'keepAllAllowedCharacters' => [
+                'providedString' => 'a-zA-Z0-9.,;:\'+-/()?*[]{}|`´~!"#%&<>÷=@_$£^àáâäçèéêëìíîïñòóôöùúûüýßÀÁÂÄÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÖÙÚÛÜÑ',
+                'expectedString' => 'a-zA-Z0-9.,;:\'+-/()?*[]{}|`´~!"#%&<>÷=@_$£^àáâäçèéêëìíîïñòóôöùúûüýßÀÁÂÄÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÒÓÔÖÙÚÛÜÑ'
+            ],
+            'removeUnallowedCharacters' => [
+                'providedString' => '«This is a test!»',
+                'expectedString' => 'This is a test!'
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
 }