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Remove extra spaces from text

Clean up text pasted from PDFs, emails or web pages: collapse runs of spaces and tabs, trim the ends of lines and reduce stacks of blank lines to one.

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How to use the Remove Extra Spaces

  1. 1Paste your text.
  2. 2Select Clean up.
  3. 3Copy the tidied result.

Supported formats and limits

  • Runs of spaces and tabs become a single space.
  • Leading and trailing whitespace is removed from every line.
  • Three or more consecutive blank lines become one blank line.
  • Line breaks themselves are preserved.

Common uses

  • Fixing text copied out of a PDF.
  • Cleaning up notes before publishing.
  • Preparing data for a spreadsheet.

Frequently asked questions

Will it join my paragraphs into one?

No. Single and double line breaks are kept; only excessive blank lines are reduced.

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