Remove Extra Spaces — Clean Up Spacing in Text
Collapse double spaces, trim lines and remove extra blank lines and odd Unicode spaces in one go. Free, no sign-up, and your files never leave your device.
Free, with no sign-up and no watermark. The file is processed in your browser and never uploaded.
Collapse double and triple spaces into one, trim spaces from the start and end of lines, reduce runs of blank lines and replace unusual Unicode spaces (like non-breaking spaces copied from web pages) with normal ones.
Step by step
- Paste the text: Add it to Input text.
- Choose clean-ups: Tick Trim each line, Collapse multiple blank lines and Turn tabs into spaces as needed.
- Copy the result: The note above the result says how many characters were removed. Click Copy or Download.
Handy for
Web copy
Remove odd spacing from text copied out of websites.
Data entry
Tidy names and addresses before adding them to a system.
Documents
Fix double spaces after full stops.
Code comments
Normalise spacing in text blocks.
Good to know
With Turn tabs into spaces off, tab characters are kept, so tab-separated columns stay intact.
Leading and trailing blank space around the whole text is always removed.
Questions
What are “unusual” spaces?
Characters such as the non-breaking space, thin space and ideographic space. They look like spaces but can break searches and formulas; this tool turns them into ordinary spaces.
Does it change words?
No — only whitespace is changed.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Everything is processed by your browser on your own device — nothing you type or upload is sent to a server, so it is safe to use with private notes, drafts and work documents.
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