Trim and clean up whitespace in text

Frequently asked questions

What does “Fix odd spaces and hidden characters” do?

It turns no-break spaces and the wide and thin spaces of other languages into ordinary spaces and deletes zero-width spaces, word joiners and byte-order marks. It leaves the zero-width joiner and non-joiner alone because emoji and several scripts need them.

Does collapsing spaces touch indentation?

No. Only runs of spaces and tabs between words are squeezed into one space; the indentation at the start of a line and any space at the end follow your trim choice.

Can it tidy blank lines too?

Yes. You can reduce several blank lines in a row to one and remove blank lines from the very start and end of the text. For removing blank lines everywhere, use Remove Empty Lines.

What happens to Windows (CRLF) and Mac line endings?

Windows, Mac and Linux breaks are all read as ordinary line breaks. A file you open with “Open file” keeps its style in the result, so a CRLF file stays CRLF. Browsers turn the breaks of text you type or paste into plain LF, so that text gets LF results. If a file mixes styles, the commonest one is used and the tool says so.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs in your browser; your text is never sent to a server and is not saved on this device. Only your option choices are remembered. (If you switch to another operation, your text is held in this tab's session storage for up to a minute so it can carry over, then discarded.) It is free, with no sign-up and no watermark.