Can I remove line breaks?

Yes. You can preserve single line breaks, remove empty lines, or merge text into a single continuous line.

Will this remove the spaces between words?

No. It only collapses two or more spaces into one. Single spaces between words are kept.

How do I fix text where every line ends early?

Turn on "Join everything into one line". That removes the hard line breaks so the text flows as one paragraph.

No. The cleanup runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.

Does it remove tabs too?

Collapse repeated spaces also collapses tabs mixed with spaces. Turn on Convert tabs to spaces to replace every tab with two spaces.

Remove Extra Spaces

Remove duplicate spaces, convert multiple newlines into single line breaks, and trim whitespace from line edges.

Your text 164 chars · 6 lines

Result 42 characters removed

Swizztool Whitespace Cleaner.
This text has irregular spaces,
multiple blank lines,
and untrimmed whitespace at the edges.

How to use Remove Extra Spaces

Paste text containing extra whitespace.
Select options such as duplicate space removal, blank line removal, or line trimming.
Copy the cleaned text.

About Remove Extra Spaces

Clean up messy text by collapsing repeated spaces, trimming spaces at the start and end of lines, and removing blank lines. Each option can be switched on or off, and the cleaned result updates as you type, so you can see exactly what changes before you copy it.

What each option does

Collapse repeated spaces turns runs of spaces or tabs inside a line into a single space. Trim spaces at line start and end removes the indentation and trailing spaces that often come from PDFs and emails. Remove blank lines deletes empty lines, including lines that contain only spaces.

Convert tabs to spaces replaces each tab with two spaces, which helps when tabs make columns misalign in another app. Join everything into one line merges all lines into a single paragraph, which is useful for text copied from a PDF where every line ends with a hard break.

Where messy spacing comes from

Text copied from PDFs, web pages, and Word documents often carries invisible formatting: double spaces after periods, indentation made of spaces, and line breaks in the middle of sentences. Pasting it into a CMS, form, or spreadsheet then produces uneven gaps.

The counter above the result shows how many characters were removed, which is a quick way to confirm the cleanup did something without reading every line.

Common uses

Text copied from PDFs: Join hard-wrapped lines into normal paragraphs and remove the stray spaces PDFs add.
Email and chat replies: Strip the indentation and blank lines from quoted text before reusing it.
Data before import: Trim leading and trailing spaces from a column of values so they match correctly in a spreadsheet or database.
Publishing copy: Remove double spaces after periods before pasting text into a website or app.

Questions about Remove Extra Spaces

Can I remove line breaks?: Yes. You can preserve single line breaks, remove empty lines, or merge text into a single continuous line.
Will this remove the spaces between words?: No. It only collapses two or more spaces into one. Single spaces between words are kept.
How do I fix text where every line ends early?: Turn on "Join everything into one line". That removes the hard line breaks so the text flows as one paragraph.
Is my text uploaded?: No. The cleanup runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
Does it remove tabs too?: Collapse repeated spaces also collapses tabs mixed with spaces. Turn on Convert tabs to spaces to replace every tab with two spaces.

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