Remove Extra Spaces
Paste your text — collapse multiple spaces and tabs into single spaces, trim each line, and tidy up extra blank lines.
Result
Remove Extra Spaces — Tidy Up Messy Text
This extra space remover collapses multiple spaces and tabs into single spaces, trims leading and trailing whitespace from each line, and reduces long runs of blank lines — in one click.
Also dealing with duplicate lines or mixed casing? Combine this with remove duplicate lines or the full text cleaner.
Where extra spaces come from
- Copy-pasting from PDFs — PDF text extraction often inserts irregular spacing.
- Copy-pasting from Word or Google Docs — formatting characters can leave stray tabs and double spaces behind.
- Old typing habits — some writers still add two spaces after a period, a holdover from typewriter conventions.
- Scraped or exported data — CSV exports and scraped web text frequently contain inconsistent whitespace.
What this tool does
Extra spaces and tabs within each line are collapsed to a single space, and leading/trailing whitespace on each line is trimmed. Runs of three or more blank lines are reduced to a single blank line between paragraphs, while single line breaks are preserved.
All cleanup runs entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server. See also: word counter · FAQ.
Frequently Asked Questions
No — it reduces excessive blank lines (three or more in a row) down to a single blank line, which preserves paragraph breaks while cleaning up accidental extra spacing. Use the text cleaner if you want to remove all blank lines entirely.
Yes — any run of multiple spaces or tabs anywhere in a line, including double spaces after a period, is collapsed to a single space.
No — single line breaks are preserved as-is. Only excess blank lines (multiple consecutive empty lines) are reduced, and only leading/trailing spaces and internal multiple spaces are cleaned up.
It's broader than a simple trim — it trims each line's ends and collapses internal repeated spaces/tabs, not just the very start and end of the whole text block.