Remove Extra Spaces
Clean up extra whitespace, trim line edges, collapse multiple spaces, and remove blank lines from your text.
Run tool
This online whitespace cleaner formats text by removing unnecessary spaces, tabs, and line breaks according to your chosen settings. By default, the tool trims leading and trailing whitespace from each line and collapses consecutive spaces into a single space, while preserving your original line structure. You can also enable blank line removal to strip out empty lines or lines containing only whitespace characters. When you need to strip every space, tab, and newline completely, selecting the remove all option eliminates all whitespace throughout the input and outputs a single continuous text string. If you run the tool with an empty input field, it returns empty text without errors. Each completed run displays the cleaned text alongside a count of total removed characters, calculated by subtracting the final character count from the original input length. These controls provide a fast way to normalize copied paragraphs, code snippets, database records, and list items.
Instructions
- Paste or type your text into the input area.
- Select your formatting options such as trimming edges, collapsing consecutive spaces, or removing blank lines.
- Enable the Remove All option if you want to eliminate all spaces and line breaks entirely.
- Review the cleaned output and copy the resulting text along with the removed character count.
Examples
- Input text with irregular spacing like ' Hello world! ' processed with default settings outputs 'Hello world!' with leading, trailing, and duplicate spaces removed.
- Multi-line text containing empty lines between paragraphs processed with Remove Blank Lines enabled outputs compact text with all empty lines eliminated.
FAQ
What happens if I enable the Remove All option?
Enabling Remove All strips every whitespace character, including tabs and newlines, joining the entire text into one continuous string and bypassing other line formatting options.
How does the tool calculate removed characters?
The removed character count equals the length of your original input text minus the length of the final cleaned output text.
Does collapsing spaces alter single spaces?
No. Collapsing spaces replaces runs of two or more consecutive whitespace characters with a single space, leaving existing single spaces unchanged.
What occurs when the text input is left empty?
Submitting an empty text field produces an empty output string and reports zero characters removed.