Whitespace / Extra Space Remover
Clean up messy spacing: trim lines, collapse repeated spaces, and remove extra blank lines.
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How to remove extra spaces from text
- Paste the messy text.
- Tick the clean-ups you want: trim each line, collapse repeated spaces and tabs, collapse or remove blank lines.
- Click Clean, then Copy result.
About this tool
Each option applies independently, so you can mix and match: collapsing repeated spaces turns a b into a b without touching line breaks, while collapsing blank lines turns three empty lines in a row into one, preserving intentional paragraph breaks rather than removing them entirely. "Remove all blank lines" is the more aggressive option — it drops every empty line, useful for cleaning up copy-pasted code or lists.
Nothing you paste here is sent to a server — the entire tool runs as JavaScript in your browser tab.
Questions about cleaning up spacing
How do I remove double spaces?
Tick Collapse repeated spaces/tabs to one space and click Clean. Every run of spaces or tabs becomes a single space.
Will it remove my paragraph breaks?
Not unless you choose Remove all blank lines. Collapse repeated blank lines keeps one blank line between paragraphs.
Why does text copied from a PDF have odd spacing?
PDFs position words individually, so copying often adds extra spaces and line breaks. Trimming lines and collapsing spaces fixes most of it.
Does it change anything else?
No. Only spaces, tabs and blank lines are touched; words and punctuation stay as they are.