Collapse double spaces, trim lines and tidy messy whitespace.
Processed locally in your browser.
How do you remove extra spaces from text?
Runs of spaces and tabs are reduced to a single space, each line is trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace, and empty lines can optionally be dropped. This is useful for cleaning copied content, spreadsheets and exported data before reuse. For example, " hello world " becomes "hello world" instantly.
Understanding your result
Useful for cleaning copied content, spreadsheets and exported data before reuse.
Formula and method
Runs of spaces and tabs are reduced to a single space, each line is trimmed, and empty lines can be dropped.
Assumptions and limitations
The tool normalises spaces, tabs and line edges; it does not fix punctuation, capitalisation or spelling, and it will not reflow paragraphs or merge wrapped lines into one. Removing blank lines is optional, and single spaces between words are always kept. All cleaning happens locally in your browser.
Worked example
“ hello world ” becomes “hello world”.
How to use this tool
- Paste your text.
- Choose the cleanup options.
- Copy the cleaned result.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Removing blank lines when paragraph breaks were intended.
About the Remove Extra Spaces
Tidy text by collapsing repeated spaces, trimming line edges and optionally removing blank lines.
Who should use this tool
Writers and data handlers who paste text from PDFs, emails or spreadsheets and end up with double spaces, stray tabs and ragged line edges. If you need copied content cleaned before it goes into a document, a form or a database, this collapses runs of whitespace and trims each line automatically.
Benefits
- Collapses repeated spaces and tabs into a single space
- Trims stray whitespace from the start and end of lines
- Optionally drops empty lines for a tighter result
- Cleans copied content privately without any upload
Practical use cases
- Cleaning text copied out of a PDF or email
- Tidying cells pasted from a spreadsheet export
- Preparing messy content before importing it elsewhere
- Removing accidental double spaces from written copy
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Frequently asked questions
Does it remove line breaks?
No. It keeps line breaks (unless you remove blank lines); only extra spaces are collapsed.
Will it merge my paragraphs into one block?
No. The tool tidies whitespace within and around each line but keeps your line structure intact, so paragraphs stay separate. You can optionally remove blank lines between them, but text on separate lines is never joined into a single continuous paragraph.
Does it remove tabs as well as spaces?
Yes. Runs of spaces and tabs are both reduced to a single space, so mixed whitespace from copied tables or indented text is normalised consistently. Each line is then trimmed at its edges, leaving clean, evenly spaced content ready to reuse.