✂️ Remove Extra Spaces

Text from a PDF or a website often comes with double spaces and broken lines. Clean it up here in one go.

What this tool does

It removes the spaces and line breaks you do not want, and keeps the ones you need. It also finds “invisible” spaces (like the non-breaking space from Word or websites) that you cannot see but that break searches, forms and Excel formulas.

How to use it

1. Paste your messy text.
2. Leave the default options on, or tick Join broken lines if the text came from a PDF.
3. Check the result box.
4. Copy it or download it as a .txt file.

How to read the result

The badges show the length before and after, so you can see how much junk was removed. If paragraphs got glued together, untick Join broken lines — that option is only for PDF text where every line was cut in the middle of a sentence.

When it is useful

• Copying text out of a PDF, e-book or scanned letter.
• Cleaning text before pasting into a job application form or CV.
• Fixing double spaces before printing a document.
• Cleaning data before pasting into Excel or Google Sheets.

What it cannot do

• It does not fix spelling, grammar or wrong words from a bad scan (OCR).
• “Join broken lines” cannot always tell a heading from a broken line — check headings after using it.
• It does not change tables; table columns may become one line of text.
• Code that needs exact spacing (like Python) can break — do not use it on code.
• “Join broken lines” also joins words split with a hyphen at the line end. A real hyphen word like “well-known” may become “wellknown” — check those.

Privacy: everything runs inside your browser. Your text is not sent to our server and is not saved.

Questions people ask

How do I remove double spaces in text?

Paste your text here. The option “Double spaces → one space” is already on, so the result has single spaces only.

Why does text from a PDF have line breaks in the middle of sentences?

PDFs store each printed line separately. When you copy, every line ends with a break. Tick “Join broken lines” to fix it.

What is a non-breaking space?

It looks like a normal space but is a different character. It often comes from Word or websites and can break searches or formulas. The tool turns it into a normal space.

Will it delete my paragraphs?

No, not with the default settings. One empty line between paragraphs stays. Only tick “Remove ALL empty lines” if you want one solid block.

Does it remove spaces before punctuation?

Yes, by default. “Hello , world !” becomes “Hello, world!”.

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