Whitespace Cleaner
Text & writing · Done in 3 steps
- 1Paste messy text
- 2
- 3
About
Trim lines, collapse double spaces, remove blank lines, convert tabs and strip invisible non-breaking or zero-width characters.
How to use it
- 1Paste the messy text.
- 2Pick the clean-ups you want; the result updates live.
- 3Review how many hidden characters and blank lines were removed.
- 4Copy or download the clean text.
- You give
- Text copied from PDFs, Word, web pages, emails or spreadsheets
- You get
- Clean text plus a report of hidden characters, odd spaces and blank lines found
- Good to know
- “Strip” removes zero-width spaces/joiners, BOMs and soft hyphens; zero-width joiners inside emoji sequences will be removed too, which can split combined emoji.
- Privacy
- Processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded, stored or logged.
- Last tested
- 2026-10-28
FAQ
What are zero-width and non-breaking spaces?
Invisible characters that often sneak in when copying from web pages or PDFs. They break searches, comparisons and code even though you can't see them.
Should I use LF or CRLF line endings?
LF is standard on macOS, Linux and most code repositories. CRLF is what Windows tools like Notepad traditionally expect.
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