Remove Extra Spaces Online — Free
Remove Extra Spaces
Paste text full of double spaces, tabs and padded line ends, and get it back with clean single spacing. The space fix is already ticked — just paste and click. Runs locally.
Text copied from PDFs, justified documents, web pages and old word-processor files is full of extra spaces: two or three spaces between words, tabs where a space should be, and invisible padding at the start and end of every line. It looks untidy, it breaks search-and-replace, it confuses spreadsheets and import tools, and fixing it by hand in a long document takes forever. This free tool removes extra spaces in one click — every run of spaces and tabs collapses into a single clean space, and every line is trimmed at both ends.
The two options you need are already ticked. "Remove extra spaces" collapses multiple spaces and tab characters between words into one space. "Trim the start and end of every line" strips the invisible padding that PDFs and copied emails leave behind. The other options on the page — removing blank lines, punctuation, numbers, HTML tags or accents — are there if your text needs heavier cleaning, but for ordinary spacing problems the defaults are exactly right. Your original text stays untouched in the top box, so you can adjust and run it again.
Everything happens in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded, saved or shared.
How to use
- Paste the text with messy spacing into the top box.
- Leave the space options ticked — they are on by default.
- Click Remove Extra Spaces and read the cleaned result below.
- The status line shows how many characters the cleanup removed.
- Copy the result back into your document, email or form.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as an "extra" space?
Any run of two or more spaces, or any tab character between words, becomes a single normal space. Lines are also trimmed, so spaces hiding at the beginning or end of a line disappear too. Single, correct spaces are never touched.
Does it remove spaces inside words or numbers?
No. The tool only collapses repeated whitespace between words; it never deletes a single space and never joins words together. Your sentences keep exactly the spacing they should have.
Why does copied PDF text have so many spaces?
PDFs store text as positioned fragments rather than flowing sentences, and justified text stretches gaps between words. When you copy it out, those stretched gaps become double spaces and tabs. That is exactly the mess this tool is built to undo.
Is my text private?
Yes. The cleaning happens entirely in your browser on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, stored or shared.