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How to Remove Extra Spaces and Blank Lines

3 min read · Updated October 2026

Text copied from a PDF or web page often has double spaces, stray tabs and many blank lines. Cleaning it takes seconds instead of minutes of manual editing.

Try it now: Remove Extra Spaces

Free, no sign up, and the file stays on your device.

Open Remove Extra Spaces

What it cleans

  • Double and multiple spaces.
  • Tabs.
  • Spaces at the start and end of lines.
  • Extra blank lines.

How to use it

  • Open Remove Extra Spaces and paste your text.
  • Tick the clean-ups you want: many spaces into one, trim line ends, fewer blank lines, tabs into spaces.
  • Copy the result.

When to use it

  • Before pasting text into a form or CMS.
  • Before counting words, so spacing does not affect the result.
  • Before comparing two texts.

Frequently asked questions

Is my text uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.