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Text Cleaner

Paste messy text and clean it instantly. Toggle the options you need — all processing happens locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

Cleaning options

Selected options are applied automatically. Turn any option off before copying the cleaned text.

Original text

Paste or type your messy text

Your text stays in your browser

Cleaned text
Private — processed in your browser

What can this text cleaner do?

Trim lines

Removes leading and trailing spaces from every line.

Extra spaces → one

Collapses runs of multiple spaces into a single space.

Collapse blank lines

Reduces consecutive blank lines down to one.

Remove empty lines

Strips all blank lines entirely from the text.

Remove duplicate lines

Keeps only the first occurrence of each repeated line.

Tabs → spaces

Converts tab characters to four spaces.

Smart punctuation → plain

Converts curly quotes, smart dashes and ellipses to plain characters.

Common uses

Cleaning text copied from PDFs, Word documents or websites

Removing extra blank lines from email drafts before sending

Stripping irregular spacing from spreadsheet exports

Preparing text for publishing, forms or APIs

Removing duplicate lines from lists or data exports

Converting smart quotes to straight quotes before code use

Privacy-first text cleaning

Everything this tool does happens inside your browser. Your text is never uploaded, stored or sent to any server. There are no accounts, no sign-up, and no history saved. Close the tab and the text is gone. This makes it safe to use with sensitive drafts, internal documents or any text you would not want passing through a third-party service.

Text Cleaner FAQ

Does TextLimits store my text?
No. All cleaning happens locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, stored or sent to any server.
Can I remove extra spaces from text?
Yes. Enable the Extra spaces → one option to collapse multiple consecutive spaces into a single space within each line.
Can I remove empty lines?
Yes. Use Remove empty lines to strip all blank lines, or Collapse blank lines to reduce consecutive blanks down to one.
Can I remove duplicate lines?
Yes. Enable Remove duplicate lines to keep only the first occurrence of each line. Blank lines are treated separately.
What does "Trim lines" do?
Trim lines removes leading and trailing spaces from each individual line — useful when copied text has irregular indentation or trailing spaces that are invisible but present.
Does this work on mobile?
Yes. The Text Cleaner is mobile-first and works on any phone, tablet or desktop. All processing happens in your browser — no app or internet connection required beyond loading the page.
Is this text cleaner free?
Yes, completely free. No registration, no sign-up, and no payment required.

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