Will this keep line breaks?

Yes. Line breaks are preserved unless blank-line collapse shortens very long runs.

Should I always strip non-ASCII characters?

No. Enable it only when downstream systems require strict ASCII.

Does cleaning happen server-side?

No. All cleanup runs locally in your browser.

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🧹 Text Cleaner

Clean messy text by removing extra spaces, duplicate line breaks, and unwanted symbols, so your copy is ready for spreadsheets, forms, or publishing quickly.

Text Cleaner

Clean messy text with a configurable pipeline for whitespace, punctuation, quotes, and character filtering, with live output + report export.

Upload text fileWorking from pasted input

Trim line edges Collapse repeated spaces/tabs Collapse blank-line runs Strip control characters Strip non-ASCII characters Normalize smart quotes/dashes Collapse repeated punctuation

Input

Cleaned output

Hello, world!!!

This line has tabs and odd spacing.
"Smart quotes" and - dashes can be normalized.

Input: 106 charsOutput: 99 charsControl removed: 0Non-ASCII removed: 0Whitespace collapsed: 5Punctuation collapsed: 0

How to use this tool

Choose cleaning rules based on the text source and destination.
Review live cleaned output and removal metrics.
Export cleaned text or JSON report for QA handoff.

Pipeline control

Each cleaning operation is independently toggled.
Unicode-stripping is optional to avoid accidental content loss.
Smart quote normalization helps standardize pasted office text.

Reporting

Metrics show how aggressive each cleanup pass was.
Diagnostics flag destructive options like non-ASCII stripping.
JSON reports capture before/after snapshots and rule states.

FAQ

Will this keep line breaks?: Yes. Line breaks are preserved unless blank-line collapse shortens very long runs.
Should I always strip non-ASCII characters?: No. Enable it only when downstream systems require strict ASCII.
Does cleaning happen server-side?: No. All cleanup runs locally in your browser.