Remove Extra Spaces
Accidental double spaces, trailing whitespace and stray tabs are invisible until they break an alignment or a style check. This tool collapses every run of spaces and tabs to a single space, trims the start and end of each line, and leaves your line structure untouched.
- Collapses space runs
- Removes tabs and trailing whitespace
- Keeps line breaks intact
Overview
Everything runs in your browser — your text is never uploaded.
How to use this tool
- 1Paste the text containing extra whitespace.
- 2Review the normalized result line by line.
- 3Copy it back — line breaks stay exactly where they were.
Examples
Double spaces
Hello world
Result
Hello world
Trailing whitespace
first line second line
Result
first line second line
Limitations
- Single spaces between words are never touched — only runs of two or more (or tabs).
- Whitespace inside code blocks or tables where alignment matters may need to stay; check before copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will it change my line breaks?
No — line structure is fully preserved; only whitespace inside each line changes.
Does it remove a single space between words?
Never. Single spaces are normal spacing and are left alone.
What about tabs?
Tabs are treated like extra spaces and collapsed with them.