Whitespace / Line Break Remover
Strip leading/trailing whitespace, collapse spaces, or remove line breaks.
What is Whitespace Remover?
The Whitespace Remover tidies pasted text with four toggles: trim leading/trailing whitespace on every line, collapse runs of spaces/tabs into a single space, remove line breaks to join everything into one paragraph, or strip all whitespace characters entirely.
How it works
Each toggle applies a targeted regular-expression pass over the text: per-line trimming splits on newlines and trims each, space collapsing squeezes horizontal whitespace runs, and line-break removal joins lines with a single space. All processing happens locally in your browser.
- Paste messy text. Paste text copied from an email, document or PDF that has inconsistent spacing.
- Toggle the cleanups you want. Trim lines, collapse spaces, remove line breaks, or remove ALL whitespace.
- Copy the cleaned result. The cleaned text updates live, and the removed-character count shows how much was stripped.
Examples
Joining a wrapped paragraph
Remove line breaks from a copy-pasted paragraph that got hard-wrapped at 80 characters.
Normalizing a list
Trim leading spaces accidentally introduced when pasting an indented list.
Common mistakes
Removing line breaks from code
Stripping newlines from code destroys its structure — this tool is designed for prose and plain text, not source files.
Assuming collapse is a full trim
'Collapse spaces' only squeezes interior runs; enable 'Trim lines' too if you also want edges cleaned.
Alternatives
Text Formatter tools
The JSON/CSV formatters normalize whitespace inside structured data.
Text Case Converter
Normalize capitalization in the same cleaning pass.
The Ultimate Text Guide
A deeper look at whitespace and line-ending behavior in plain text.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing line breaks also remove paragraph breaks?
Every line break becomes a single space, so paragraphs merge. If you want to keep paragraph structure, only use 'Trim lines' and 'Collapse spaces'.
Is it safe to paste sensitive text?
Yes — everything runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded anywhere.