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Remove Extra Whitespace

Remove extra whitespace, leading/trailing spaces, and blank lines from text. Free online tool for cleaning up messy text formatting.

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The whitespace remover provides multiple cleaning modes: remove leading whitespace, trailing whitespace, collapse extra spaces, strip all whitespace, or remove extra blank lines. Choose the mode that fits your cleanup needs.

This tool is invaluable for cleaning up code, formatted text, copy-pasted content, and data files. Whether you need to trim indentation, collapse multiple spaces, or remove blank lines from a document, this tool handles it instantly.

All processing happens directly in your browser — your text is never sent to any server.

How to Use Remove Extra Whitespace

  1. 1Paste your text into the input area.
  2. 2Select the whitespace cleaning mode from the dropdown.
  3. 3The text is instantly cleaned according to the selected mode.
  4. 4Click the Copy button to copy the cleaned result.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the different whitespace removal modes do?▾
Extra spaces: trims each line and collapses multiple spaces to one. Leading: removes spaces at the start of each line. Trailing: removes spaces at the end. All: strips every whitespace character. Blank lines: collapses 3+ consecutive newlines to 2.
Will this tool remove tabs?▾
Yes. In 'Remove all whitespace' mode, tabs, spaces, and all whitespace characters are stripped. In other modes, tabs are treated like spaces for trimming and collapsing operations.
Can I remove blank lines without affecting spaces?▾
Yes. Use the 'Remove extra blank lines' mode — it only targets consecutive blank lines (3 or more newlines in a row) and collapses them to a single blank line, without touching spaces within lines.
Which mode should I use to clean up code indentation?▾
Use 'Remove leading spaces' to strip all indentation from code. If you want to normalize inconsistent spacing within lines while keeping indentation, use 'Remove extra spaces' which trims each line and collapses multiple consecutive spaces to one.