diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 7010e5c3f5e..bbd88ac0c5c 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -1554,8 +1554,8 @@ CmdLineParser::Result CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const a
             mSettings.templateLocation = "{bold}{file}:{line}:{column}: {dim}note:{reset} {info}\\n{code}";
     }
     // replace static parts of the templates
-    substituteTemplateFormatStatic(mSettings.templateFormat);
-    substituteTemplateLocationStatic(mSettings.templateLocation);
+    substituteTemplateFormatStatic(mSettings.templateFormat, !mSettings.outputFile.empty());
+    substituteTemplateLocationStatic(mSettings.templateLocation, !mSettings.outputFile.empty());
 
     if (mSettings.force || maxconfigs)
         mSettings.checkAllConfigurations = true;
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 183d130025a..afc5a02ca5e 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -594,9 +594,9 @@ static void replace(std::string& source, const std::unordered_map<std::string, s
     }
 }
 
-static void replaceColors(std::string& source) {
+static void replaceColors(std::string& source, bool erase) {
     // TODO: colors are not applied when either stdout or stderr is not a TTY because we resolve them before the stream usage
-    static const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> substitutionMap =
+    static const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> substitutionMapReplace =
     {
         {"{reset}",   ::toString(Color::Reset)},
         {"{bold}",    ::toString(Color::Bold)},
@@ -607,7 +607,21 @@ static void replaceColors(std::string& source) {
         {"{magenta}", ::toString(Color::FgMagenta)},
         {"{default}", ::toString(Color::FgDefault)},
     };
-    replace(source, substitutionMap);
+    static const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> substitutionMapErase =
+    {
+        {"{reset}",   ""},
+        {"{bold}",    ""},
+        {"{dim}",     ""},
+        {"{red}",     ""},
+        {"{green}",   ""},
+        {"{blue}",    ""},
+        {"{magenta}", ""},
+        {"{default}", ""},
+    };
+    if (!erase)
+        replace(source, substitutionMapReplace);
+    else
+        replace(source, substitutionMapErase);
 }
 
 std::string ErrorMessage::toString(bool verbose, const std::string &templateFormat, const std::string &templateLocation) const
@@ -913,16 +927,16 @@ std::string replaceStr(std::string s, const std::string &from, const std::string
     return s;
 }
 
-void substituteTemplateFormatStatic(std::string& templateFormat)
+void substituteTemplateFormatStatic(std::string& templateFormat, bool eraseColors)
 {
     replaceSpecialChars(templateFormat);
-    replaceColors(templateFormat);
+    replaceColors(templateFormat, eraseColors);
 }
 
-void substituteTemplateLocationStatic(std::string& templateLocation)
+void substituteTemplateLocationStatic(std::string& templateLocation, bool eraseColors)
 {
     replaceSpecialChars(templateLocation);
-    replaceColors(templateLocation);
+    replaceColors(templateLocation, eraseColors);
 }
 
 std::string getClassification(const std::string &guideline, ReportType reportType) {
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.h b/lib/errorlogger.h
index 44e3b733cdc..5101f765fad 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.h
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.h
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB ErrorLogger {
 std::string replaceStr(std::string s, const std::string &from, const std::string &to);
 
 /** replaces the static parts of the location template **/
-CPPCHECKLIB void substituteTemplateFormatStatic(std::string& templateFormat);
+CPPCHECKLIB void substituteTemplateFormatStatic(std::string& templateFormat, bool eraseColors = false);
 
 /** replaces the static parts of the location template **/
-CPPCHECKLIB void substituteTemplateLocationStatic(std::string& templateLocation);
+CPPCHECKLIB void substituteTemplateLocationStatic(std::string& templateLocation, bool eraseColors = false);
 
 /** Get a classification string from the given guideline and reporttype */
 CPPCHECKLIB std::string getClassification(const std::string &guideline, ReportType reportType);
diff --git a/test/cli/other_test.py b/test/cli/other_test.py
index f50f8d1f74c..ec73fef11e3 100644
--- a/test/cli/other_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/other_test.py
@@ -2426,6 +2426,41 @@ def test_xml_output(tmp_path):  # #13391 / #13485
 '''.format(version_str, test_file_exp, test_file_exp, test_file_exp))
 
 
+def test_outputfile(tmp_path): # #14051
+    test_file = tmp_path / 'test.cpp'
+    out_file = tmp_path / 'out.txt'
+    with open(test_file, 'wt') as f:
+        f.write(
+"""
+int main()
+{
+    int x = 1 / 0;
+}
+""")
+
+    args = [
+        '-q',
+        '--output-file={}'.format(out_file),
+        str(test_file)
+    ]
+
+    out_exp = [
+        '{}:4:15: error: Division by zero. [zerodiv]'.format(test_file),
+        '    int x = 1 / 0;',
+        '              ^',
+    ]
+
+    exitcode, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(args)
+    assert exitcode == 0, stdout
+    assert stdout == ''
+    assert stderr == ''
+
+    with open(out_file, 'rt') as f:
+        out_text = f.read()
+
+    assert out_text.splitlines() == out_exp
+
+
 def test_internal_error_loc_int(tmp_path):
     test_file = tmp_path / 'test.c'
     with open(test_file, 'wt') as f: