Cutex Swipe and Go Remover Pads has the best record for taking polish off fast: 34 of 34 reviewers said it worked quickly with little scrubbing. Olive & June Nail Polish Remover matches it at 27 of 27, though fewer reviewers weighed in, and Onyx Professional Pure Acetone Remover follows at 30 of 32. Onyx Professional Soak Off Remover has the weakest record here at 11 of 21, and 11% of its reviews mention lots of scrubbing.
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Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for removal. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Best record Cutex Swipe and Go Remover Pads 34 of 34 say it took polish off fast with little scrubbing See price & reviews on Amazon Strong smell is the common complaint: 15% of Cutex Nourishing Remover reviews and 8% of Cutex Ultra Powerful Remover reviews call the smell strong. Five of the six removers worked for the large majority of reviewers who said how it went, so the choice often comes down to smell and price.
Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.
Cutex
Best for fast removal
46% say the pads take polish off fast, and 34 of 34 reviewers who said how it went reported a quick removal. 10% call the smell mild and 8% say the pads last long, while price is the main complaint at 8%.
Olive & June
61% say it removes polish fast and 16% call it gentle on nails, with 27 of 27 saying it worked quickly. Reviews copied from the brand's own site agree at 10 of 10, which we show but don't count, and 5% say it dries out nails or skin.
Onyx Professional
42% praise how fast it works, and 8% say it takes off glitter polish. 8% call it good value, but 5% say it dries out nails or skin and 2 of 32 reviewers said it barely worked or needed lots of scrubbing.
Cutex
Best for glitter polish
55% say it works fast and 18% say it removes glitter polish. Smell splits opinion, with 18% calling it mild and 8% calling it strong, and 5% say it took lots of scrubbing.
Cutex
Best for gentle feel on nails
28% call it gentle on nails and 36% say it works fast, but 15% find the smell strong. 5 of 34 reviewers said it needed a lot of scrubbing or barely removed polish.
Onyx Professional
Reviewers are split here, with 11 of 21 saying it removed polish with little scrubbing. 24% still say it works fast and 16% call the smell mild, but 11% mention lots of scrubbing and 5% say it leaks or spills.
The 6 products ranked here carry 1,977 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about removal, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Aug 2018 and Oct 2026.
A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.
Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.
Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.
Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.
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Cutex Swipe and Go Remover Pads has the best record (34 of 34), followed by Olive & June Nail Polish Remover (27 of 27) and Onyx Professional Pure Acetone Remover (30 of 32). Reviewers praised the speed of all three.
Glitter comes up in reviews of Cutex Ultra Powerful Remover (18% of its reviews), Onyx Professional Pure Acetone Remover (8%) and Olive & June Nail Polish Remover (5%). Those reviewers said it took the glitter off.
Some do. 15% of Cutex Nourishing Remover reviews and 8% of Cutex Ultra Powerful Remover reviews call the smell strong, while 23% and 18% of the same reviews call it mild. Expect a split, since smell is a personal call.
Follow the directions on the label. Use it in a ventilated room and keep it away from heat or flame, as the label says.
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