Remove Whitespace
Remove unnecessary whitespace from text.
Cleanup options
Input
Result
About This Tool
The Remove Whitespace tool quickly cleans up unnecessary whitespace and line breaks in your text. Use it to collapse multiple spaces into one, trim leading and trailing spaces, and clear out empty lines. It's great for tidying up messy text copied from documents, web pages, emails, or code comments.
How to Use
Enter your text
Paste or type the text you want to clean up into the input area.
Choose whitespace options
Select which whitespace and line break options to apply.
Review and copy
Check the cleaned result, then click Copy to save it to your clipboard.
Key Features
Multiple cleanup options
Easily clean up repeated spaces, leading/trailing whitespace, empty lines, and tab characters.
Instant results
See the cleaned output immediately as you type or change options.
Side-by-side view
Compare your original text and the cleaned result side by side.
Runs in your browser
Your text is processed locally in your browser and never sent to a server.
Use Cases
Clean up copied text from documents
Remove extra spaces and stray line breaks from text pasted from PDFs, Word documents, or web pages.
Convert tabs to spaces
Replace tab characters with spaces to normalize indentation for consistent display across editors and platforms.
Remove empty lines
Clean up text that has excessive blank lines between paragraphs so the spacing is consistent.
Sanitize text before data entry
Strip leading/trailing spaces and duplicate whitespace before importing text into Excel, CSV files, or databases.
Tidy AI-generated text
Quickly fix unnecessary whitespace and line breaks in AI-generated text or auto-converted documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will it remove spaces between words?
No, the tool collapses multiple consecutive spaces into a single space. It does not remove all spaces or the spaces between individual words.
Can I remove line breaks too?
The Remove empty lines option clears out blank lines, but line breaks between non-empty lines are preserved. The tool does not merge separate lines into one.
Does it work with any language?
Yes, it cleans up whitespace and line breaks in text written in any language, including Korean, English, and others.
Is my text sent to a server?
No. All processing happens inside your browser, and your text is never transmitted to a server.