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Whitespace Remover

Remove extra spaces, tabs, and double spaces from text.

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How to Use the Whitespace Remover

Paste your text into the input box and click Remove Extra Whitespace. Extra spaces and tabs are collapsed and the cleaned text appears in the output box.

What This Tool Does

Collapses multiple consecutive spaces and tabs into a single space. Leading and trailing whitespace on each line is trimmed. Paragraph breaks (double line breaks) are preserved so your text structure stays intact.

Common Causes of Extra Whitespace

Copy-Pasting from Web Pages

HTML documents often contain extra spaces from indentation, non-breaking spaces ( ), and other formatting that isn't visible on screen but appears in pasted text.

Word Processor Formatting

Tab characters and multiple spaces used for visual alignment in Microsoft Word or Google Docs can appear as excessive whitespace when the text is pasted elsewhere.

CSV and Data Files

Exported data often contains padded spaces around values. Cleaning whitespace is a common first step before importing data into another system.

Need to Remove Line Breaks Too?

If your text also has unwanted line breaks, use the Remove Line Breaks tool first, then run this tool to clean up any remaining extra spaces.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I remove double spaces from my text?

Paste the text and click Remove Extra Whitespace. Every run of two or more spaces collapses to a single space, and tab characters are converted as well. This fixes the classic double-space-after-a-period habit and the uneven spacing that appears when text is pasted from PDFs, emails, or spreadsheets.

Why does my pasted text have weird extra spaces?

Text copied from web pages carries invisible formatting: indentation spaces from the HTML source, non-breaking spaces, and tabs used for visual alignment. Word processors add alignment tabs and doubled spaces too. None of it is obvious until you paste into a plain-text field. Running the remover normalises everything to single spaces.

Will it delete my paragraph breaks?

No. Paragraph breaks — the blank lines between blocks of text — are preserved, and leading and trailing spaces on each line are trimmed. Only spaces and tabs within lines are collapsed. If you also want the line breaks themselves removed, use the separate Remove Line Breaks tool afterwards.

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