What counts as an "extra" space?

Any run of two or more spaces or tabs in a row is collapsed down to a single space. Single spaces between words are left untouched.

Does this remove line breaks too?

No, line breaks are preserved by default. If you also want to join lines together, use the Remove Line Breaks tool instead — this tool only cleans up spacing within and around lines.

What does "Trim line edges" do?

It strips leading and trailing spaces from the start and end of every line, which is useful for text copied from PDFs, emails, or spreadsheets that leaves stray whitespace at the margins.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs locally in your browser with JavaScript — your text is never sent to a server.

REMOVE EXTRA SPACES

Collapse repeated spaces and tabs into one, and tidy up line edges. Nothing leaves your browser.

Input (68 chars)

Output (51 chars)

This text has extra spaces
and trailing whitespace.

Before: 68 charsAfter: 51 charsRemoved: 17 chars

How to remove extra spaces

1
Paste or type your text into the input box.
2
Choose whether to trim line edges and remove empty lines.
3
Copy the cleaned-up result from the output box — it updates live as you type or change options.

Questions

What counts as an "extra" space?: Any run of two or more spaces or tabs in a row is collapsed down to a single space. Single spaces between words are left untouched.
Does this remove line breaks too?: No, line breaks are preserved by default. If you also want to join lines together, use the Remove Line Breaks tool instead — this tool only cleans up spacing within and around lines.
What does "Trim line edges" do?: It strips leading and trailing spaces from the start and end of every line, which is useful for text copied from PDFs, emails, or spreadsheets that leaves stray whitespace at the margins.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?: No. Everything runs locally in your browser with JavaScript — your text is never sent to a server.