Clean Copied Text

Remove extra spaces from text

Clean double spaces, leading spaces, trailing spaces, tabs and messy spacing copied from documents, emails or websites. Clean Copied Text collapses runs of spaces into one and trims every line.

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Your text stays in your browser. Clean Copied Text does not upload or store what you paste.

What this tool fixes

  • Multiple spaces collapsed into a single space
  • Leading and trailing spaces on each line
  • Tabs converted to clean spaces
  • Spaces sitting before punctuation

How to use it

  1. 1Paste your textDrop in the messy text you copied from anywhere.
  2. 2Click cleanClean Copied Text fixes the formatting instantly, in your browser.
  3. 3Copy the resultCopy the clean text or download it as a .txt file.

Common uses

Fixing justified text copied from documentsCleaning data before importing itTidying form input and product descriptionsRemoving accidental double spaces after periods

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Frequently asked questions

Does it remove line breaks too?
No. This tool focuses on spaces and tabs. To join lines, use the remove line breaks tool.
What happens to tabs?
Tabs are converted to single spaces by default so your text aligns predictably.