Quick Answer
How do you remove extra spaces from text?
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A whitespace cleaner collapses runs of multiple spaces into one, removes spaces at the start and end of lines, and optionally deletes empty lines. This tidies text copied from PDFs, emails, or web pages where formatting often leaves messy spacing.
Why use this tool
Clean text fast
Text pasted from documents and websites is full of stray spaces, tabs, and blank lines. Clean it in one step before using it in a CMS, spreadsheet, or code. Toggle each cleaning option to control exactly what changes.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
It replaces any run of multiple spaces or tabs with a single space.
No, it preserves line breaks. Use "Remove blank lines" to drop empty lines only, or our Remove Line Breaks tool to join lines.
With "Trim lines" enabled, it removes leading and trailing spaces from every line.
Yes, cleaning runs entirely in your browser.
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