Text Cleaner

What this tool does

Clean text copied from documents, websites or spreadsheets. Normalize whitespace, optionally remove repeated blank lines, convert smart punctuation and strip zero-width characters that can cause confusing formatting.

Hidden characters and inconsistent whitespace can create problems in forms, CMS editors and data imports. This tool focuses on conservative cleanup. It shows the cleaned result separately so you can compare it with the original before replacing anything.

Useful for

• Prepare copied text for a CMS or spreadsheet import.
• Remove repeated spaces and empty lines from notes.
• Normalize punctuation before running other text-processing tools.

How to use it

1. Paste the source text.
2. Choose the cleanup options you want.
3. Run the cleaner and review the output.
4. Copy the cleaned text only after confirming that meaningful formatting was not removed.

Worked examples

Edge cases and limitations

• Whitespace can be meaningful in source code, tables, poetry and fixed-width text, so review the cleaned result before replacing the original.
• Removing HTML tags returns visible text but does not recreate the semantic structure of the original webpage.
• Zero-width characters can be intentional in some languages and formatting systems; remove them only when they are unwanted.

Practical tips

• Keep a copy of the original when formatting is important.
• Zero-width characters are invisible, so removing them can fix mysterious matching or search problems.
• Do not strip line breaks from code or poetry unless that is intentional.
• The text remains in your browser.

Frequently asked questions