Remove Extra Spaces
Collapse multiple spaces and tabs into a single space and trim the ends of every line, while keeping your line breaks exactly as they are. Good after a PDF copy.
How to use
- Paste the text into the box.
- Choose whether tabs become spaces and whether each line is trimmed.
- Copy the cleaned text.
Removing extra spaces cleans up text that picked up padding from a copy and paste, a PDF extraction, or a spreadsheet column. It changes spacing only, so words, punctuation, and line breaks are untouched.
Output
Paste or type something above.
Questions about remove extra spaces
- Does it remove line breaks?
- No, line structure is preserved. Use the line break remover when you want everything on one line.
- Why does the count differ between runs?
- The count is how many whitespace characters were removed, so it changes as you edit the text.
- Is it safe for code?
- Only for prose. Indentation in code is significant, so removing it will change what the code means.
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