Whitespace Cleaner
Free online whitespace cleaner. Remove extra spaces, tabs, and line breaks from text. Trim leading and trailing whitespace instantly.
Whitespace Cleaner
Clean up messy text by removing extra spaces, tabs, and line breaks. This tool trims leading and trailing whitespace from your entire text and from each line, collapses multiple consecutive spaces into one, and optionally removes all line breaks or tabs.
What Gets Cleaned?
- Extra spaces: Multiple consecutive spaces become a single space
- Leading/trailing spaces: Removed from the entire text and each line
- Tabs: Converted to spaces or removed (optional)
- Line breaks: Can be preserved or removed entirely (optional)
- Blank lines: Multiple consecutive blank lines become one
Common Use Cases
- PDF text extraction: Fix odd spacing from copied PDF content
- Data cleaning: Prepare text for databases or spreadsheets
- Code formatting: Remove hidden characters causing issues
- Content migration: Clean text when moving between systems
- Readability: Make messy text more readable and professional
Options Explained
Remove all line breaks: When enabled, the entire text becomes one paragraph with no line breaks. When disabled, paragraph structure is preserved but extra blank lines are removed.
Remove tabs: Converts tabs to single spaces when enabled.
Trim line endings: Removes trailing spaces from each line before processing.
How to Use This Tool
- Paste your text into the input box.
- The cleaned result appears automatically.
- Adjust options to control what gets removed.
- Click Copy Result to use the cleaned text.
Everything runs in your browser — your text is never sent to any server.