diff --git a/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.test.ts b/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.test.ts
index f5b3a742d3e6..a3389c83df79 100644
--- a/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
+/* eslint-disable local-rules/no-uncategorized-errors */
 import { sanitizeError, cleanPaths } from './sanitize';
 
 describe(`Errors Helpers`, () => {
   describe(`sanitizeError`, () => {
+    it(`Sanitizes ansi codes in error`, () => {
+      const errorMessage = `\u001B[4mStorybook\u001B[0m`;
+      let e: any;
+      try {
+        throw new Error(errorMessage);
+      } catch (error) {
+        e = error;
+      }
+
+      const sanitizedError = sanitizeError(e);
+
+      expect(sanitizedError.message).toEqual('Storybook');
+      expect(sanitizedError.stack).toContain('Error: Storybook');
+    });
+
     it(`Sanitizes current path from error stacktraces`, () => {
       const errorMessage = `this is a test`;
       let e: any;
diff --git a/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.ts b/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.ts
index 4c68ed50db94..a611dbea1a13 100644
--- a/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.ts
+++ b/code/lib/telemetry/src/sanitize.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ function regexpEscape(str: string): string {
   return str.replace(/[-[/{}()*+?.\\^$|]/g, `\\$&`);
 }
 
+export function removeAnsiEscapeCodes(input: string): string {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+  return input.replace(/\u001B\[[0-9;]*m/g, '');
+}
+
 export function cleanPaths(str: string, separator: string = sep): string {
   if (!str) return str;
 
@@ -35,7 +40,15 @@ export function cleanPaths(str: string, separator: string = sep): string {
 export function sanitizeError(error: Error, pathSeparator: string = sep) {
   try {
     // Hack because Node
-    error = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(error, Object.getOwnPropertyNames(error)));
+    error = JSON.parse(
+      JSON.stringify(error, [...Object.getOwnPropertyNames(error), 'message', 'name'])
+    );
+    if (error.message) {
+      error.message = removeAnsiEscapeCodes(error.message);
+    }
+    if (error.stack) {
+      error.stack = removeAnsiEscapeCodes(error.stack);
+    }
 
     // Removes all user paths
     const errorString = cleanPaths(JSON.stringify(error), pathSeparator);