diff --git a/uaclient/cli/formatter.py b/uaclient/cli/formatter.py
index 9e3b1b3e32..c7fd9052bf 100644
--- a/uaclient/cli/formatter.py
+++ b/uaclient/cli/formatter.py
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import textwrap
-from typing import Any, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional  # noqa: F401
 
 from uaclient.config import UAConfig
 from uaclient.messages import TxtColor
 
 COLOR_FORMATTING_PATTERN = r"\033\[.*?m"
+UTF8_ALTERNATIVES = {
+    "—": "-",
+    "✘": "x",
+    "✔": "*",
+}  # type: Dict[str, str]
 
 
 # Class attributes and methods so we don't need singletons or globals for this
@@ -56,6 +61,19 @@ def _get_default_length():
     return 999
 
 
+def process_formatter_config(text: str) -> str:
+    output = text
+    if not ProOutputFormatterConfig.use_color:
+        output = re.sub(COLOR_FORMATTING_PATTERN, "", text)
+
+    if not ProOutputFormatterConfig.use_utf8:
+        for char, alternative in UTF8_ALTERNATIVES.items():
+            output = output.replace(char, alternative)
+        output = output.encode("ascii", "ignore").decode()
+
+    return output
+
+
 # We can't rely on textwrap because of the len_no_color function
 # Textwrap is using a magic regex instead
 def wrap_text(text: str, max_width: int) -> List[str]:
@@ -151,7 +169,8 @@ def to_string(self, line_length: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
         for row in rows:
             output += self._fill_row(row)
             output += "\n"
-        return output
+
+        return process_formatter_config(output)
 
     def _get_line_length(self) -> int:
         return sum(self.column_sizes) + (len(self.column_sizes) - 1) * len(
@@ -227,7 +246,7 @@ def to_string(self, line_length: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
                 item_str, self.INDENT_CHAR * self.INDENT_SIZE
             )
 
-        return output
+        return process_formatter_config(output)
 
 
 class SuggestionBlock(Block):
diff --git a/uaclient/cli/tests/test_cli_formatter.py b/uaclient/cli/tests/test_cli_formatter.py
index 276b9c9683..f071dede1b 100644
--- a/uaclient/cli/tests/test_cli_formatter.py
+++ b/uaclient/cli/tests/test_cli_formatter.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ def test_wrap_last_column(self, _m_is_tty):
         ]
 
     @mock.patch(M_PATH + "sys.stdout.isatty", return_value=True)
-    def test_to_string_wraps_to_length(self, _m_is_tty):
+    def test_to_string_wraps_to_length(self, _m_is_tty, FakeConfig):
+        POFC.init(FakeConfig())
         table = Table(
             ["header1", "h2", "h3", "h4"],
             [
@@ -226,8 +227,9 @@ def test_to_string_wraps_to_length(self, _m_is_tty):
         return_value=mock.MagicMock(columns=40),
     )
     def test_to_string_wraps_to_terminal_size(
-        self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty
+        self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty, FakeConfig
     ):
+        POFC.init(FakeConfig())
         table = Table(
             ["header1", "h2", "h3", "h4"],
             [
@@ -253,7 +255,10 @@ def test_to_string_wraps_to_terminal_size(
         M_PATH + "os.get_terminal_size",
         side_effect=OSError(),
     )
-    def test_to_string_no_wrap_if_no_tty(self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty):
+    def test_to_string_no_wrap_if_no_tty(
+        self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty, FakeConfig
+    ):
+        POFC.init(FakeConfig())
         table = Table(
             ["header1", "h2", "h3", "h4"],
             [
@@ -269,7 +274,7 @@ def test_to_string_no_wrap_if_no_tty(self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty):
         )
         assert table.to_string() == textwrap.dedent(
             """\
-            \x1b[1mheader1  h2  h3     h4\x1b[0m
+            header1  h2  h3     h4
             a        bc  de     f
             b        de  fg     wow this is a really big string of datawow this is a really big string of datawow this is a really big string of data
             c        fg  hijkl  m
@@ -284,8 +289,9 @@ class TestBlock:
         side_effect=OSError(),
     )
     def test_indents_and_wraps_content_when_len_specified(
-        self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty
+        self, _m_terminal_size, _m_is_tty, FakeConfig
     ):
+        POFC.init(FakeConfig())
         block = Block(
             title="Example Title",
             content=[
@@ -318,10 +324,10 @@ def test_indents_and_wraps_content_when_len_specified(
         )
         assert block.to_string() == textwrap.dedent(
             """\
-            \x1b[1m\x1b[37mExample Title\x1b[0m
+            Example Title
                 Smaller content line
                 A slightly bigger line which needs to be wrapped to fit the screen
-                \x1b[1m\x1b[37mInner block\x1b[0m
+                Inner block
                     Another small content line
                     Another slightly bigger line which needs to be wrapped to fit the screen
                 1  Table bigger last column which needs to be wrapped to fit the screen
@@ -331,11 +337,11 @@ def test_indents_and_wraps_content_when_len_specified(
         )
         assert block.to_string(line_length=40) == textwrap.dedent(
             """\
-            \x1b[1m\x1b[37mExample Title\x1b[0m
+            Example Title
                 Smaller content line
                 A slightly bigger line which needs
                 to be wrapped to fit the screen
-                \x1b[1m\x1b[37mInner block\x1b[0m
+                Inner block
                     Another small content line
                     Another slightly bigger line
                     which needs to be wrapped to fit
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ def test_suggestions_can_be_disabled(self, FakeConfig):
         POFC.init(FakeConfig())
         assert suggestion_block.to_string() == textwrap.dedent(
             """\
-            \x1b[1m\x1b[37mSuggestion\x1b[0m
+            Suggestion
                 Some content
             """
         )