Text copied from PDFs
Fix broken lines in text copied out of PDF documents.
Remove Extra Spaces
Tidy messy pasted text in one step. Everything happens in your browser.
Your files stay with you. Your files never leave your browser. This tool runs on your device: nothing is uploaded to our servers, so there is nothing for us to store or see.
How to use it
- Paste your text.
- Pick what to clean: repeated spaces, blank lines, line breaks, hidden spaces.
- Copy the cleaned text.
Where it helps
Data before import
Clean spaces from lists before pasting into a spreadsheet or CRM.
Messages and posts
Tidy messy text before posting or sending.
Good to know
Stays in your browser
Your text is processed on your device and never sent to our servers.
Hidden spaces
Non-breaking and zero-width spaces break searches.
Keep paragraphs
Reduce to one blank line instead of joining everything.
Words untouched
Only spaces, tabs and line breaks change.
Questions people ask
How do you remove extra spaces and line breaks from text?
Paste your text and pick what to clean: repeated spaces, blank lines, line breaks, tabs and hidden spaces. Copy the cleaned text. To fix text copied from a PDF, join everything into one line, or reduce to one blank line to keep paragraphs. Only spacing changes, never your words.
- Spaces Repeated ones. Collapsed.
- Line breaks Join or reduce. Your choice.
- Hidden spaces Found and fixed. Non-breaking, zero-width.
- 0 Data sent. In your browser.
How do I remove extra spaces from text?
Paste your text and tick the cleaning options you want, such as repeated spaces, blank lines, tabs or hidden spaces. The cleaned version appears straight away for you to copy. It's much faster than fixing spacing by hand, especially in long documents. Copy the result.
How do I remove line breaks from PDF text?
Tick Join everything into one line, and broken lines become continuous text. If you want to keep paragraph breaks, leave that off and choose Reduce to one blank line instead. Text copied from PDFs often has a line break at the end of every line.
What are hidden spaces?
Non-breaking and zero-width spaces that look like normal spaces, or like nothing at all, but break searches and formulas. They often come from websites and documents. The option turns them into normal spaces or removes them, so text behaves as expected. The fix is on by default.
Will it change my words?
No. Only spaces, tabs and line breaks are touched. Your words, numbers and punctuation stay exactly as they were. Compare before and after with the text diff checker if you want to be certain nothing else changed. It's safe for documents. Spelling and punctuation stay exactly as typed.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Cleaning happens in your browser, so your text stays on your device. That's useful for contracts, customer lists and internal documents. Nothing is stored after you close the page. Nothing is stored after you close the page, and there's no account, email address or sign-up of any kind.
Why does pasted text have strange spacing?
Text copied from PDFs, websites and spreadsheets often carries line breaks at the end of each visual line, double spaces, tabs or invisible characters. They come from how the original was laid out, not from your typing, and cleaning removes them. One pass fixes most.
Can I remove all blank lines?
Yes. Choose to remove blank lines entirely, which is handy for lists. For documents, reducing to one blank line keeps paragraphs separate while removing the large gaps that copying often creates. Choose Keep if you want blank lines exactly as they were in the original.
How do I clean spreadsheet data?
Paste a column of values, remove repeated spaces and hidden spaces, and paste it back. Trailing spaces and invisible characters often stop spreadsheet lookups from matching, and cleaning fixes those mysterious mismatches. Paste the cleaned values back into the same column to replace the messy ones.
Does it remove tabs?
Yes, tabs can be turned into single spaces. That's useful for text copied from tables or code, where tabs make spacing inconsistent when pasted into documents, messages or web forms. The option is off by default, so switch it on when your text contains tabs.
Can I keep single line breaks?
Yes. Leave the join option off and only reduce repeated blank lines, so each line stays on its own. That keeps lists and addresses intact while still removing the extra gaps between them. Addresses and lists stay readable, line by line. That's the default setting for blank lines.
Why won't my search find a word in pasted text?
Often because of a hidden space or a non-breaking space inside or around the word. Clean the text with the hidden spaces option switched on, then search again. This is common with text copied from websites and PDFs. Then search again. Spreadsheet lookups often fail for the same reason.
Does it work with Hindi text?
Yes. It cleans spacing in any script, including Hindi, without touching the letters and matras. Zero-width characters used in some Indian scripts for joining letters are handled carefully, so check the result if your text relies on them. Your letters stay as typed. Spacing between Hindi words is tidied normally.
Can I clean text for a WhatsApp broadcast?
Yes. Remove extra spaces and blank lines so the message looks tidy on phones, then check the length with the character counter. Clean, short messages read better and look more professional in customers' chats. Preview the message on your own phone before sending it to customers.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Paste text on your phone, choose the cleaning options and copy the result. It's handy for tidying text copied from a PDF before sending it in a message. No app is needed, and your text stays on the phone the whole time, so it's handy for quick jobs away from a computer.
Is it free?
Yes. Removing extra spaces is free, with no sign-up and no limit. It's part of the free text tools from Marketiism, alongside find and replace and remove duplicate lines. Nothing is added to your text, there's no daily limit, and you can use it for business and client work.
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