What is Text Cleaner?

Text Cleaner is a powerful tool that helps you clean, format, and normalize text in seconds. Whether you're dealing with messy HTML, extra whitespace, special characters, or inconsistent formatting, this tool handles it all with just a few clicks.

Who Needs This Tool?

Text Cleaner is useful for anyone who works with text regularly:

Content Writers

Copy text from websites or documents without formatting issues

Developers

Sanitize user input and clean data efficiently

Data Analysts

Prepare text for spreadsheets or databases

Editors

Remove formatting before publishing content

Students

Clean up copied content for notes or assignments

Common Problems This Tool Solves

Have you ever copied text from a website and ended up with formatting nightmares? Text Cleaner eliminates these issues instantly:

Hidden HTML tags that mess up your document
Multiple spaces or tabs scattered throughout the text
Strange characters like curly quotes (" ") or em-dashes (—)
Empty lines or duplicate paragraphs
Unwanted bullet points and formatting

Instant Results: Text Cleaner removes all of these issues in milliseconds, giving you clean, properly formatted plain text ready to use.

Your Text Stays Private

Privacy is our top priority. All text processing happens entirely in your browser:

No Uploads

Your text never leaves your device

No Server Processing

Everything runs locally in JavaScript

No Tracking

We don't store or analyze your text

Table of Contents

1. What is Text Cleaner?
2. How to Use Text Cleaner
3. Features
4. Frequently Asked Questions

How to Use Text Cleaner

Text Cleaner is designed to be simple and intuitive. Follow these steps to clean your text efficiently:

Basic Usage

Input Your Text

Paste or type your text in the input area on the left side of the interface

Choose Options

Select a preset or customize individual cleaning options to match your needs

Preview Results

View the cleaned text instantly in the output area with real-time processing

Copy Output

Use the copy button to grab your cleaned text and use it anywhere

Using Presets

Presets are pre-configured combinations of cleaning options designed for common tasks. Choose the one that best matches your needs:

Basic

Removes extra spaces, trims lines, and removes empty lines. Perfect for general cleanup tasks.

HTML to Text

Strips HTML tags, normalizes quotes and dashes. Ideal for content copied from web pages.

Plain Text

Removes bullets, numbers, punctuation, and special characters. Great for getting pure text.

Single Line

Combines all text into one line. Useful for creating slugs or single-line inputs.

Copy from Web

Optimized for text copied from websites. Removes HTML and normalizes formatting automatically.

Customizing Options

For more control, you can enable or disable individual options organized in these categories:

Whitespace & Lines

Control spaces, tabs, empty lines, and line breaks to format your text structure perfectly.

Remove extra spaces between words
Trim leading and trailing whitespace
Delete empty lines
Remove duplicate lines
Join all lines into one

Characters & Symbols

Remove numbers, punctuation, emojis, or special characters based on your requirements.

Strip all digits (0-9)
Remove punctuation marks
Delete special symbols (@, #, $, etc.)
Clean up bullet points
Remove emojis and non-ASCII characters

Content

Strip HTML tags, URLs, emails, or bracketed content from your text.

Remove all HTML markup
Delete http:// and https:// links
Strip email addresses
Remove text within brackets (), [], {}

Normalize

Standardize quotes and dashes to consistent formats across your text.

Convert curly quotes to straight quotes
Change em-dashes and en-dashes to hyphens

Using Custom Regex

For advanced users, the Custom Regex feature allows powerful pattern-based text manipulation:

Open Regex Panel

Click "Custom Regex" to expand the advanced pattern matching panel

Enter Pattern

Type your regex pattern or click a preset button (Email, URL, Phone, etc.)

Set Replacement

Optionally enter replacement text (leave empty to delete matches)

Apply Changes

Click "Apply" to execute the replacement on your text

Pro Tip: Custom Regex supports full JavaScript regex syntax including flags like g (global), i (case-insensitive), and m (multiline).

Keyboard Shortcuts

Speed up your workflow with these convenient keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter on Mac) - Run clean operation
Enter in regex input - Apply regex pattern instantly

Features

Text Cleaner offers a comprehensive set of text processing features organized into logical groups for maximum efficiency.

Whitespace & Line Management

Remove Extra Spaces

Collapses multiple consecutive spaces into a single space

Trim Lines

Removes leading and trailing whitespace from each line

Remove Empty Lines

Deletes blank lines from your text

Remove Duplicate Lines

Keeps only unique lines, removing exact duplicates

Remove Line Breaks

Joins all lines into a single continuous line

Remove Tabs

Converts tab characters to spaces

Character & Symbol Removal

Remove Numbers

Strips all digits (0-9) from the text

Remove Punctuation

Removes periods, commas, exclamation marks, and other punctuation

Remove Special Characters

Strips symbols like @, #, $, %, etc.

Remove Bullet Points

Cleans up list markers (-, *, •, →, etc.)

Remove Emojis

Strips all emoji characters

Remove Non-ASCII

Removes characters outside the standard ASCII range

Content Cleaning

Remove HTML Tags

Strips all HTML markup, leaving only the text content

Remove URLs

Deletes all http:// and https:// links

Remove Emails

Strips email addresses from the text

Remove Brackets Content

Removes text within parentheses (), brackets [], and braces {}

Text Normalization

Before

Inconsistent Formatting

Curly quotes: " " ' '
Em-dashes: —
En-dashes: –

After

Normalized Text

Straight quotes: " "
Regular hyphens: -
Consistent formatting

Custom Regex Support

The built-in regex tool allows advanced pattern matching with powerful features:

Common Pattern Presets

One-click patterns for emails, URLs, phone numbers, dates, IP addresses, and more

Custom Patterns

Write your own regex with full JavaScript regex syntax

Flag Support

Use g (global), i (case-insensitive), m (multiline) flags

Find and Replace

Replace matches with custom text or delete them entirely

Real-Time Processing

Instant Preview

See cleaned text as you type or change options

Live Statistics

Character and word counts for both input and output

Settings Persistence

Your preferred options are saved automatically

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my text secure?

Yes, absolutely. All text processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never sent to any server, stored, or logged anywhere. Once you close the page, the text is gone completely.

100% Private: Zero-knowledge architecture ensures complete privacy and security.

Can I clean large amounts of text?

Yes, Text Cleaner can handle large texts efficiently. Since processing happens locally in your browser, performance depends on your device. Most modern devices can process tens of thousands of characters without any issues.

Small texts (< 10,000 chars): Instant processing
Medium texts (10,000 - 100,000 chars): Fast processing
Large texts (> 100,000 chars): May take a few seconds

What's the difference between the presets?

Each preset is optimized for specific use cases:

Basic - General cleanup (spaces, empty lines)
HTML to Text - Web content with HTML tags
Plain Text - Strips everything except letters
Single Line - Removes all line breaks
Copy from Web - Optimized for pasted website content

How do I remove specific patterns?

Use the Custom Regex feature for pattern-based removal:

Click "Custom Regex" to expand the panel
Select a preset pattern (Email, URL, etc.) or enter your own
Leave replacement field empty to delete matches
Click "Apply" to execute

The tool supports full JavaScript regular expression syntax for maximum flexibility.

Why are some characters still showing after cleaning?

Different cleaning options target different types of characters. For example, "Remove special characters" doesn't remove letters or numbers.

Solution: Try enabling additional options or use a more aggressive preset like "Plain Text" for comprehensive cleaning.

Can I undo changes?

The input and output are separate areas. Your original text remains in the input until you clear it. To start over, use the Clear button in the input panel header.

Best practice: Keep your original text in the input area until you're satisfied with the cleaned output.

Does this work offline?

Once the page loads, Text Cleaner works without an internet connection. All processing is done locally in your browser.

No internet required after initial page load
All features work offline
Perfect for privacy-sensitive work

What regex flags are supported?

Text Cleaner supports standard JavaScript regex flags:

g (global) - Match all occurrences
i (case-insensitive) - Ignore case differences
m (multiline) - ^ and $ match line boundaries

Example: /email/gi matches "email", "Email", "EMAIL" throughout the text.

How do I clean text with mixed formatting?

Start with the "Copy from Web" preset, then adjust individual options as needed. You can always add more cleaning options on top of a preset.

Layered Approach: Presets provide a foundation, then fine-tune with individual options for perfect results.

Why isn't my regex working?

Check that your pattern is valid JavaScript regex syntax. Special characters like ., *, +, ?, (, ), [, ] need to be escaped with a backslash if you want to match them literally.

Common Mistake: To match a literal period, use \. instead of . (which matches any character).