Trim spaces

Remove Extra Spaces

Collapse multiple spaces into one, strip leading and trailing spaces, and convert tabs — while keeping your words and line breaks intact.

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About this tool

About Remove Extra Spaces

Remove Extra Spaces collapses repeated spaces into one, strips leading and trailing spaces, and converts tabs, while keeping your words intact. It is for tidying text where inconsistent spacing has crept in.

Stray double spaces and trailing whitespace look unprofessional and break alignment. Fixing them locally is instant and keeps the text private.

How to use

Step by step

  1. Paste the text with inconsistent spacing.
  2. Choose to collapse repeated spaces, trim line ends, or convert tabs.
  3. The cleaned text updates as you apply options.
  4. Copy the tidied result.
Key features

What it offers

  • Collapse repeated spaces to one
  • Trim leading and trailing spaces
  • Convert tabs to spaces
  • Cleaned in the browser
Common use cases

Where it helps

  • Fixing double spaces after sentences
  • Cleaning trailing spaces from copied lines
  • Standardising spacing before publishing
  • Tidying text pasted from a spreadsheet
Best practices

Tips for best results

  • Avoid this on code or any text where whitespace is significant.
  • Trim trailing spaces before committing text, since they cause noisy diffs.
  • Standardise on single spaces after sentences for modern, consistent typography.
Common mistakes to avoid

Pitfalls to watch for

  • Collapsing spaces inside code or pre-formatted text where the spacing is meaningful.
  • Leaving trailing spaces that cause subtle alignment and diff problems.
  • Converting tabs without realising a layout relied on them for indentation.
Benefits

Why people use it

Even spacing

One space where there were many.

Clean line ends

No invisible trailing whitespace.

Tab handling

Convert tabs for consistent spacing.

Private

Text is cleaned on your device.

FAQ

Common questions

This keeps single spaces between words and preserves line breaks. It only removes the extra spaces, not the structure.
Leading and trailing spaces on each line, runs of multiple spaces, and tabs (converted to a single space).
No. Everything runs in your browser.
No. Line breaks are preserved; only horizontal spacing is normalized.
Private by design

This runs entirely in your browser

No file or text you enter here is uploaded. Encoding and decoding happen on your device using native browser APIs — close the tab and nothing remains on a server.

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