Remove Extra Spaces
Squeeze repeated spaces and tabs down to a single space and trim the edges of each line.
About the Remove Extra Spaces tool
Text copied from PDFs, spreadsheets, or web pages often carries stray whitespace: double spaces between words, tabs hiding among the text, and leading or trailing spaces on each line. This tool normalises all of that. It collapses any run of spaces and tabs down to a single space and trims the whitespace off the start and end, leaving words cleanly separated by exactly one space.
How to use it
- Paste the messy text into the input box.
- The tidied version with single spacing appears in the output.
- Copy the clean text into your document.
This is especially useful before importing data into a spreadsheet or database, where inconsistent spacing can break matching and lookups. A note on scope: this tool focuses on horizontal whitespace within and around lines. If you also need to merge lines into one paragraph, use the Remove Line Breaks tool instead. Processing happens entirely in your browser, so your text is never sent anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Does this tool remove tabs as well as spaces?
Yes. Runs of spaces and tabs are collapsed into a single space, so mixed tab and space spacing is normalised in one pass.
Will it delete the spaces between my words?
No. It keeps exactly one space between words and only removes the extra, repeated, or edge whitespace, so the text stays readable.
Does it also remove line breaks?
No. It cleans up horizontal spacing within and around lines but leaves line breaks in place. Use the Remove Line Breaks tool if you want everything on one line.
Is my pasted text private?
Yes. The cleanup runs locally in your browser, so nothing you paste is uploaded or stored.