diff --git a/src/libs/StringUtils.js b/src/libs/StringUtils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8219f9e8077f..000000000000
--- a/src/libs/StringUtils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import CONST from '../CONST';
-/**
- * Removes diacritical marks and non-alphabetic and non-latin characters from a string.
- * @param {String} str - The input string to be sanitized.
- * @returns {String} The sanitized string
- */
-function sanitizeString(str) {
-    return _.chain(str).deburr().toLower().value().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, '');
-}
-
-export default {sanitizeString};
diff --git a/src/libs/StringUtils.ts b/src/libs/StringUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ef23bb0751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/StringUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import CONST from '../CONST';
+
+/**
+ * Removes diacritical marks and non-alphabetic and non-latin characters from a string.
+ * @param str - The input string to be sanitized.
+ * @returns The sanitized string
+ */
+function sanitizeString(str: string): string {
+    return _.deburr(str).toLowerCase().replaceAll(CONST.REGEX.NON_ALPHABETIC_AND_NON_LATIN_CHARS, '');
+}
+
+export default {sanitizeString};