How to use the Text Cleaner
- 1Paste your text.
- 2Tick the cleaning options you want.
- 3Copy the cleaned result.
Supported formats and limits
- Six independent options you can combine.
- HTML stripping removes tags but keeps the text between them.
- Smart quotes (’ “ ”), en/em dashes and ellipses can be converted to plain ASCII.
Common uses
- Cleaning text copied from a PDF or website.
- Preparing content for a CMS that mangles formatting.
- Normalising data before pasting into a spreadsheet.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as Remove Extra Spaces?
That tool applies one fixed clean-up recipe. This one lets you pick exactly which fixes to apply, including HTML stripping and smart-quote conversion.