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Remove Extra Spaces

Collapse repeated ordinary spaces and tabs, trim line edges and copy the live result. Blank lines can disappear, so inspect paragraph boundaries afterward.

Clean redundant spacing from pasted plain text. The tool collapses runs of ordinary spaces and tabs, then trims whitespace around line boundaries. That second step can remove line breaks and join content across blank lines, so use the preview carefully when paragraph structure matters.

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Normalized Spaces OutputLive
This has too many spaces.

Your input stays on this device for this operation. We don’t upload or store it.

About Remove Extra Spaces

Clean redundant spacing from pasted plain text. The tool collapses runs of ordinary spaces and tabs, then trims whitespace around line boundaries. That second step can remove line breaks and join content across blank lines, so use the preview carefully when paragraph structure matters.

Space and tab collapse

Runs of ordinary spaces or tabs are replaced by a single space.

Line-edge trimming

Removes matched whitespace at line boundaries; this can also consume blank lines.

Live text preview

Shows the actual transformed text immediately with a copy control.

How to use Remove Extra Spaces

  1. 1

    Paste a working copy

    Enter text in Unformatted Input and retain an untouched source if layout or line breaks matter.

  2. 2

    Read the live normalization

    The result updates as you type; there is no separate processing button.

  3. 3

    Check boundaries and copy

    Inspect paragraph joins, indentation and word boundaries before copying Normalized Spaces Output. Clear removes the current input.

Formats and practical limits

Input: typed or pasted plain text. Output: live whitespace-normalized text with copy; no document-file processing.

  • Line breaks and paragraph spacing are not guaranteed to survive. Inspect the output before replacing a source document.
  • This is not a general Unicode-space policy, grammar correction or an HTML/code formatter.

Practical example

A single line with outer spaces and a tab between red and blue becomes 'red blue'. A, a blank line, then B can become AB, so check paragraph boundaries before using the result.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Does this preserve blank lines exactly?

No. Blank lines can disappear and adjacent text can join. For example, A followed by two newline characters and B becomes AB with the current operation.

Should I use it on indented code or poetry?

Use caution. Tabs, indentation and line spacing can carry meaning in those inputs. This is plain-text cleanup, not a structure-aware formatter.

Is it the same as Text Cleaner?

No. This page applies the specific spacing transformation shown here. Text Cleaner offers a different set of text-cleanup operations; check its controls before choosing it.

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