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Remove Spaces - Online Whitespace Remover

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How to remove extra spaces in text (whitespace cleanup) When copied text has messy spacing or tabs, it can break formatting in docs, forms, or code snippets. Clean whitespace in your browser with no installation. Useful for office work, students, and developers. Useful when: • cleaning pasted text • fixing extra tabs/spaces • preparing code snippets Copied text and code often contains inconsistent spaces and tabs (extra whitespace, mixed indentation, messy alignment), which makes it harder to read and reuse.

Remove extra spaces, tabs, and whitespace from text or code instantly. Clean up formatting with one click.

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Why you may need this tool

Extra spaces and mixed whitespace are a common source of “invisible” problems. Text copied from PDFs, tables, or chat apps often contains repeated spaces, tabs, and inconsistent spacing between words. This can break search, filters, and comparisons, and it can also cause form submissions or scripts to behave unexpectedly when a value looks identical on screen but differs in actual characters. Normalizing whitespace is not only about visual cleanup. It is a practical way to standardize input before the next step such as searching, replacing, exporting, or pasting into another system.

How to use

Paste your text first, then decide which whitespace should be treated as noise for your task.

  1. Paste your text in the input area
  2. Choose options (remove all spaces, trim only, normalize)
  3. Click 'Clean' to remove whitespace
  4. Copy the cleaned result

Examples

Fixing pasted table values for reliable comparison
When you copy data from a sheet or PDF table, tabs and multiple spaces can get mixed into the same line. By normalizing whitespace, you can compare and deduplicate values more reliably before you paste them into another tool.
Removing hidden spaces around IDs or codes
Usernames, IDs, and code snippets sometimes include leading or trailing spaces after copy/paste. Cleaning whitespace helps prevent mismatches where two values look the same but are treated as different by a system.

Benefits & differentiators

This tool reduces errors caused by repeated spaces, tabs, and stray leading/trailing whitespace. It is especially useful when you prepare values for spreadsheets, web forms, identifiers, or configuration snippets where a single extra character can change the result. A clean, consistent text shape also makes later work easier: diffing two versions, deduplicating lists, or running find/replace becomes more predictable when whitespace is standardized.

Who this is for

Recommended if you: - paste text from PDFs or tables and see inconsistent spacing - need stable values for search, filtering, or deduplication - suspect hidden whitespace is causing validation or comparison issues - want to standardize text before exporting or sharing

FAQ

What types of spaces are removed?
By default, we normalize consecutive spaces and tabs into single spaces. You can also choose to remove all spaces completely, including between words.
Can I keep line breaks?
Yes, you can choose to preserve line breaks while removing spaces. Toggle the 'Keep line breaks' option based on your needs.
Will this affect my code formatting?
This tool focuses on whitespace. For code - specific formatting, use our JSON Formatter or consider language - specific formatters.
Is my text stored or shared?
No. Everything processes entirely in your browser. Your text never leaves your device, ensuring complete privacy.
Can I remove only leading/trailing spaces?
Yes, use the 'Trim only' option to remove spaces only at the beginning and end of each line while keeping internal spaces.

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