Remove Extra Spaces
Collapse repeated spaces between words down to one. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Remove Extra Spaces
- 1. Paste the messy text. Paste text that has extra spaces between words into the input pane, such as content copied from a PDF or a document with inconsistent formatting.
- 2. Choose whether to trim line edges. Turn on Trim spaces at the start and end of lines to also remove leading and trailing spaces on each line, not just the doubled-up gaps between words.
- 3. Copy the tidied text. Copy the cleaned-up text from the output pane, now with single spaces between words, and paste it into your document, email or code comment.
When to use Remove Extra Spaces
Remove Extra Spaces collapses repeated spaces between words down to a single space. It's built for text that picked up double or triple spacing from copy-pasting, old typewriter habits, or a badly formatted export.
- Cleaning text copied from a PDF. PDFs often paste into a text editor with odd gaps where columns or justified spacing used to be, and collapsing those runs of spaces restores normal readable prose.
- Fixing double-space-after-period habits. An older document was typed with two spaces after every period, a convention modern style guides drop, and this tool normalizes every gap to one space in a single pass.
- Tidying scraped web content. Text scraped from a webpage often carries leftover whitespace from the original HTML layout, and collapsing it makes the extracted content readable before you paste it elsewhere.
Examples
Tidy the spacing
Input
hello world
Output
hello world
About the Remove Extra Spaces tool
Remove Extra Spaces runs as plain JavaScript in your browser tab, with no server behind it. Collapse repeated spaces between words down to one. Whatever you put in stays on your device from start to finish.
The tool is part of EditSafely's Text Tools section, 211 single-purpose utilities built around the same idea: open the page, get the result, keep your data to yourself.
You can shape the output with the Trim spaces at the start and end of lines setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
That local-first design has practical benefits beyond privacy. The tool keeps working on a flaky connection once the page has loaded, results are instant because nothing round-trips to a server, and it is safe to use with confidential material.
Frequently asked questions
Does Remove Extra Spaces cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.