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Remove Extra Whitespace Online — Trim Spaces, Tabs & Indentation from Text

Dealing with messy text full of double spaces, stray tabs, and inconsistent indentation? This free tool cleans up all types of extra whitespace in one step, leaving your text clean and properly spaced.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Paste your text — Copy text with extra whitespace and paste it into the input panel.
  2. Select cleanup options — Choose which types of whitespace to remove: extra spaces, tabs, leading/trailing whitespace, or indentation.
  3. Review the output — The cleaned text appears instantly in the output panel with your selected whitespace issues fixed.
  4. Copy the result — Click Copy to grab the clean text for use in your document.
  5. Chain with other tools — With Auto-fill enabled, your output automatically carries over when you open another tool from the sidebar. Use the back and forward arrows to undo navigation and restore your previous tool state including all options.

Features

Collapse Multiple Spaces

Reduces runs of two or more spaces down to a single space throughout your text.

Remove Tabs

Strips all tab characters, optionally replacing them with spaces for consistent indentation.

Trim Lines

Removes leading and trailing whitespace from each line, cleaning up messy indentation.

Strip All Indentation

Removes all leading whitespace from every line, producing flush-left text.

Instant Processing

Results update in real time as you paste or modify your text.

Complete Privacy

All processing happens in your browser. No text is ever sent to a server.

Auto-fill Pipeline

Enable Auto-fill to carry your output to the next tool. Navigate back and forward with full state restoration — input, output, and all settings are preserved.

Real-World Use Cases

1

Normalize whitespace in copy-pasted code

Code copied from web pages or chat often has inconsistent indentation and extra spaces. Clean it up with one click.

2

Clean indentation for email-safe plain text

Remove tabs and excess indentation so your text looks clean in plain text emails where indentation may render incorrectly.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as whitespace?
Whitespace includes spaces, tabs, non-breaking spaces, and other invisible characters that create horizontal spacing in text. This tool handles all common whitespace types.
What is the difference between spaces and tabs?
A space is a single fixed-width character. A tab is a character that aligns text to the next tab stop, which usually equals 4 or 8 spaces visually. Tabs can cause inconsistent formatting when moved between different editors or systems.
Will it remove line breaks?
No. This tool only removes horizontal whitespace (spaces and tabs). Line breaks are preserved. To remove line breaks, use the Remove Line Breaks tool.
Can I use it to clean up code indentation?
Yes. Use the trim or strip indentation options to normalize code indentation. This is helpful when pasting code from different sources with mixed tab and space indentation.
Does it handle non-breaking spaces?
Yes. Non-breaking spaces (often inserted by word processors or HTML editors) are treated as whitespace and can be collapsed or removed along with regular spaces.
Is my text private?
Yes. Everything runs in your browser. No text is sent to any server.

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All text processing happens directly in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server, stored, or shared with third parties. This tool is completely private and secure.