A whitespace remover is a free online tool that cleans up messy spacing in your text. Trim each line, collapse multiple spaces into one, remove all whitespace entirely, or delete blank lines, with before-and-after character counts showing exactly what changed.
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How do I remove extra spaces from text?
Short answer: Paste your text into the box above and tick 'collapse multiple spaces' to turn every run of spaces into a single space. Add 'trim each line' to strip leading and trailing spaces from every line, and 'remove blank lines' to delete empty lines. The cleaned text appears instantly with before-and-after character counts.
This fixes the most common paste problems: double spaces between words, indented lines from PDFs, and blank lines from copied web pages. For code or data where every space matters, untick the collapse option and use only the trim.
What does remove all whitespace do?
Short answer: It deletes every space, tab and line break, joining your text into one continuous block of characters. That is useful for compacting tokens, hashes or encoded strings where whitespace would break the value. Be careful with normal prose: removing all whitespace glues every word together into unreadable text.
The option runs last, after trimming and collapsing, so combining it with other options is harmless. If you only want tighter prose, leave it off and use collapse plus trim instead.
Why does pasted text have weird spacing?
Short answer: Web pages, PDFs and spreadsheets often carry hidden formatting: non-breaking spaces, trailing spaces on every line, and blank lines between paragraphs. Pasting into a plain editor exposes this mess. This tool strips it in one pass so the text behaves normally in forms, documents and code.
If you regularly clean the same kind of paste, remember a good combination: trim each line plus collapse spaces handles about 90 percent of cases. Add remove-blank-lines for web copy with double spacing.
Frequently asked questions
Is this whitespace remover free?
Yes, free and unlimited. Clean as much text as you like with no account.
Will it change my words?
No. It only touches spacing: leading, trailing, repeated and blank-line whitespace. Your words and punctuation stay exactly as they were.
Can I combine the options?
Yes. The options run in order: trim, collapse, remove blank lines, then remove all whitespace. Combine them freely for one-pass cleanup.
What is the difference between trim and collapse?
Trim removes spaces at the start and end of each line. Collapse turns multiple spaces between words into a single space.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. All cleanup runs in your browser, so your text stays private.