Remove Extra Spaces Text
Collapse double spaces and trim the edges of every line.
Remove Extra Spaces is a free online tool that collapse double spaces and trim the edges of every line. It runs entirely in your web browser using plain JavaScript, so files are processed on your own device and never uploaded to a server. There is no sign-up, no file size limit imposed by the site, no watermark and no paid tier.
- Price
- Free — no account, no quota, no watermark
- Category
- Text
- Where it runs
- In your browser, on your device
- Files uploaded
- None
- Technology
- plain JavaScript
- Settings
- 2
- Works offline
- Yes, after the first visit
About Remove Extra Spaces
Runs of consecutive spaces collapse to one and leading and trailing whitespace goes. The stubborn case is the non-breaking space (U+00A0), which is not a regular space and survives every naive cleanup — it is why text pasted from a web page or PDF still looks wrong after being "cleaned". Those are normalized here first.
How to use it
- Paste the text you want to run through remove extra spaces.
- Set trim line ends and convert tabs to spaces.
The 2 settings
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Trim line ends | On or off. On by default. | On |
| Convert tabs to spaces | On or off. On by default. | On |
Under the hood
| Runs on | plain JavaScript — runs the whole thing |
| Controls | Trim line ends, Convert tabs to spaces |
Questions
Why did double spaces after full stops disappear?
They collapse like any other run. The two-space convention comes from monospaced typewriters; proportional fonts space sentences correctly on their own, and every modern style guide specifies one.
Are line breaks affected?
No. Only horizontal whitespace within lines is collapsed, so the line structure is preserved.