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Remove Extra Spaces

Normalize whitespace or remove blank lines.

Use Remove Extra Spaces

edit_note By Meet Dhameliya
update Updated: Oct 28, 2026
schedule 2 min read

Clean pasted prose with two different actions. Remove Extra Spaces collapses whitespace, including tabs and line breaks, into single spaces. Remove Empty Lines is intended for deleting blank rows while keeping the remaining lines separate. Both actions edit the current text.

lightbulb When to use this tool

  • check_circle Join wrapped prose into one paragraph before pasting into a form.
  • check_circle Remove blank rows from a plain-text list without intentionally joining every item.

Inputs and results

Input: Text and selected cleaning action.

Output: Edited text with copy/clear.

How it works

1

Keep the source and paste a working copy.

2

Choose Remove Extra Spaces for one continuous paragraph, or Remove Empty Lines for a list.

3

Check paragraph boundaries, first and last lines, and meaningful spacing.

4

Copy the cleaned text only after checking the result.

Examples

science Wrapped prose

The text hello followed by a line break and world becomes hello world with Remove Extra Spaces.

science A list with gaps

A list containing apple, a blank line and pear becomes two adjacent non-empty lines with Remove Empty Lines. Use this mode when joining the words would change the structure.

Limitations

Clean Spaces collapses all whitespace, including newlines, to spaces. It does not preserve code indentation or keep a separate original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will code indentation survive? expand_more
Remove Extra Spaces will flatten indentation and line breaks. Do not use it for Python, YAML or other whitespace-sensitive formats.
Can I restore the original here? expand_more
There is no separate original pane or dedicated undo history. Keep the source in your editor before cleaning.
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