Remove Extra Spaces
Remove extra spaces from text online — repeated spaces and tabs collapse instantly, while normal word spacing and line breaks stay exactly as they were.
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If you're looking to remove spaces from text, what you actually want is usually to remove the extra, repeated ones — not every space. CleanTextly's Remove Extra Spaces tool does exactly that, cleaning up messy whitespace and letting you remove extra spaces online instantly. Paste in a paragraph, a pasted spreadsheet cell, or a block of copied text, and every run of repeated spaces or tabs collapses down to a single space as you type — while normal single spaces between words, and your line breaks, are left exactly as they were. This isn't a tool that strips every space from your text; it only removes the extra, unnecessary ones.
Features
Removes Extra Spaces & Repeated Tabs
Every run of repeated spaces or tabs collapses to a single space, so double- and triple-spaced text — and stray tabs — get normalized automatically.
Keeps Normal Word Spacing Intact
Single spaces between words are never touched — this tool removes extra spacing, not the spacing that makes your text readable.
Instant, Live Cleanup
Extra spaces are removed as you type or paste — there's no button to click and no submit step.
Preserves Line Breaks & Paragraphs
Blank lines and paragraph breaks are left exactly as written — only the spacing within each line is cleaned up.
100% Private
Everything runs locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or stored anywhere.
How to Use
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Paste your text
Add the text you want to clean up into the Input box.
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Watch extra spaces disappear
Repeated spaces and tabs are collapsed instantly as you type — there's nothing to run.
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Review the live statistics
See exactly how many spaces were removed, along with character and word counts, updating in real time.
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Copy, paste, or download
Copy the cleaned text to your clipboard, paste directly from your clipboard into the input, or download it as a .txt file.
Example
Cleaning Up Text With Extra Spaces
Input
Hello world this is CleanTextly
Output
Hello world this is CleanTextly
Common Use Cases
Cleaning Text Copied From Word or PDFs
Remove extra spaces left behind when copying text out of a Word document, PDF, or other document into a plain-text field.
Cleaning Spreadsheet & Copied Data
Normalize inconsistent spacing in text copied from Excel, Google Sheets, or other spreadsheet cells before using it elsewhere.
Preparing Content for Publishing
Clean up double-spaced or tab-separated text before pasting it into a CMS, markdown file, or documentation page.
Fixing Repeated Spaces & Tabs
Normalize text that accumulated extra spaces from double-spacing after periods or inconsistent tab use.
Preparing Text for Import
Clean up spacing in names, addresses, or values before importing them into another system, spreadsheet, or database.
Frequently Asked Questions
It collapses runs of repeated spaces and tabs down to a single space, cleaning up messy inline whitespace while leaving normal single spaces between words, line breaks, and paragraph breaks exactly as they were.
No. It only removes extra, repeated spaces and tabs — normal single spaces between words are always preserved so your text stays readable.
Paste your text into the Input box. Every run of repeated spaces or tabs is collapsed to a single space automatically, with no button to click.
Yes. Both repeated spaces and tabs are treated as extra whitespace and collapsed to a single space, whether they appear on their own or mixed together.
No. This tool only cleans horizontal spacing within each line — blank lines and paragraph breaks are left untouched. Use the Remove Empty Lines tool if you also want to remove blank lines.
Yes. Text pasted from Excel, Word, PDFs, or any spreadsheet often carries extra spaces and tabs, and this tool cleans that up the same way it handles any other pasted text — entirely in your browser.
No. All processing happens entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server or stored.