Text Cleaner
Clean pasted text in one pass: trim lines, collapse extra spaces, remove duplicates and smart quotes — 13 rules plus find & replace, all local.
Thirteen cleaning rules — from "collapse double spaces" to "remove duplicate lines" — plus find & replace — run in one pass over your text, in the order you toggle them. A novel-length paste cleans in under a second, entirely in your browser.Pasted text from PDFs and web pages typically carries trailing spaces on every line and doubled blank lines; cleaning before counting or comparing removes the junk metrics those artifacts create.
Frequently asked questions
What does "straighten smart quotes" do?
It converts curly quotes (“ ” ‘ ’) to straight ones (" ' ), and en/em dashes (– —) to hyphens. Useful when pasting into code, CSV files, or systems that mangle Unicode punctuation.
Can I undo cleaning?
Yes. The original text is kept in memory until you press Clean again or leave the page. A one-click restore brings it back.
Why is my line count wrong after pasting from a PDF?
PDF copies often include hard line breaks at every visual line and non-breaking spaces. Turn on "remove line breaks" and "fix non-breaking spaces" before counting.
Does it remove formatting like bold or links?
This tool works on plain text only. Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on Mac) to drop formatting at the source, then clean.