Text Cleaner
Remove extra spaces, line breaks, duplicate lines, bullets and HTML tags. Sort lines too, with undo.
Text copied from PDFs, emails, websites and AI chat tools often comes with broken lines, double spaces, stray bullets and invisible characters. Tick what you want fixed and clean it all in one step.
How to use the Text Cleaner
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Paste the messy text
Copy text from a PDF, website, email or chat and paste it into the box.
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Choose what to clean
Tick options such as Remove empty lines or Remove duplicate lines, and pick a line order if you want sorting.
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Clean and copy
Press Clean text, check the result, then copy or download it. Undo brings the original back.
Features
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Nine clean up options
Trim lines, fix spaces, remove empty lines or all line breaks, drop duplicates, bullets, HTML, curly quotes and invisible characters.
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Line sorting
Sort A to Z, Z to A, by length, or reverse the order, with numbers sorted naturally.
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Fixes PDF line breaks
Join lines broken in the middle of sentences into one clean paragraph.
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Removes hidden characters
Zero width spaces and similar characters that break code, forms and spreadsheets are removed.
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Undo and redo
Every clean is reversible with one click or Ctrl+Z.
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Private
Your text is cleaned in your browser and never uploaded.
When to use it
Text from PDFs
Copying from a PDF often breaks every line. Join them back into paragraphs.
Lists and spreadsheets
Remove duplicates and sort email lists, keywords or product codes.
AI and web content
Strip formatting, odd quotes and hidden characters before pasting into your own documents.
Code and data
Remove HTML tags or invisible characters that cause hard to find errors.
What are invisible characters?
Some text contains characters you cannot see, such as zero width spaces and byte order marks. They come from websites, word processors and chat apps, and they can break passwords, formulas, code and search. The Remove invisible characters option deletes them safely.
In what order are options applied?
Options run from top to bottom in the list, then sorting happens last. That means spaces are trimmed before duplicates are checked, so lines that differ only by spacing are treated as the same.
A quick routine for messy pasted text
For text copied from a PDF, tick Trim spaces, Replace multiple spaces and Join everything into one paragraph, then add your own paragraph breaks back where they belong. For lists from spreadsheets or emails, tick Remove empty lines and Remove duplicate lines, then choose Sort lines A to Z.
Copying from AI chat tools and websites often brings curly quotes, long dashes and invisible characters along. Tick Straighten curly quotes and Remove invisible characters before pasting into code, forms or a CMS to avoid odd symbols appearing later.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove line breaks from text?
Paste your text, tick Join everything into one paragraph and press Clean text.
How do I remove duplicate lines?
Tick Remove duplicate lines and press Clean text. The first copy of each line is kept.
Can I sort a list alphabetically?
Yes. Choose Sort lines A to Z in Line order and press Clean text.
Will it change my words?
Only the options you tick are applied. The straighten quotes option changes curly quotes and long dashes to plain ones; everything else only touches spacing and structure.
Can I get my original text back?
Yes. Press Undo or Ctrl+Z.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. Cleaning happens entirely in your browser.