About the Remove Extra Spaces
Replace runs of spaces and tabs with a single space and trim the start and end of every line.
Key features
- Collapses runs of spaces and tabs into a single space
- Trims leading and trailing spaces on every line
- Keeps line breaks and paragraphs intact
- Great for text pasted from PDFs and Word
- Instant results
- Private, in-browser
Fix messy spacing
Text pasted from PDFs, Word documents, emails and websites is often full of double spaces, tabs and stray spaces at the start and end of lines. It looks sloppy, breaks alignment and causes mismatches in data. Remove Extra Spaces cleans it up while keeping your lines and paragraphs.
Example
How vexingly quick daft zebras jump.
Indented with tabs
becomes
How vexingly quick daft zebras jump.
Indented with tabs
Where extra spaces come from
| Source | Cause |
|---|---|
| PDF copy-paste | Justified text and column layouts |
| Word documents | Spaces used for alignment |
| Old typing habits | Two spaces after a period |
| Spreadsheets | Padded cells |
| Web pages | Indentation in HTML source |
Why it matters
- Data quality:
"Ada "and"Ada"don't match in lookups, joins or de-duplication. - Publishing: double spaces look unprofessional in articles and documents.
- Code and configs: trailing whitespace creates noisy diffs.
- SEO: clean text in meta descriptions and titles reads better.
Related tools
Remove all whitespace with Remove Whitespace, delete blank lines with Remove Empty Lines, or join wrapped lines with Remove Line Breaks.
How to use the Remove Extra Spaces
- Type or paste your text into the input box.
- Choose the options you want.
- The result updates instantly as you type.
- Copy the output or download it as a .txt file.