How to use the Remove Extra Spaces
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Paste the messy text into the input box.
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Tick the clean-up options you want, such as collapsing multiple spaces or removing empty lines.
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The cleaned text appears on the right, along with how many characters were removed.
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Copy or download the result.
Features & benefits
Configurable clean-up
Collapse repeated spaces, trim lines, convert tabs, remove blank lines or join everything into one line.
Non-breaking spaces
Detects invisible non-breaking and zero-width spaces that break searches and formulas.
Live preview
See the result update as you toggle each option.
Download as .txt
Save the cleaned text as a plain-text file.
Where unwanted spaces come from
PDF files position each word individually, so copying text out of a PDF often produces extra spaces and line breaks in odd places. Word processors may insert non-breaking spaces, and some websites use zero-width characters that are invisible but still break spreadsheet formulas and search.
Cleaning whitespace before pasting into a CMS, spreadsheet or code editor prevents layout glitches and failed lookups. It is also a quick way to shrink data before importing it.
Frequently asked questions
Will it remove single spaces between words?
No. Only repeated spaces are collapsed to one, so words stay separated normally.
What is a non-breaking space?
A special space (U+00A0) that prevents a line break. It looks normal but is a different character, so it can break searches and formulas.
Can I keep paragraph breaks?
Yes. Leave “Remove empty lines” and “Join into one line” unticked and only spaces within lines will be cleaned.