Trim Text Tool

Remove unwanted whitespace from your text with precision

Original length: 0 characters

Trimmed length: 0 characters

Whitespace removed: 0 characters

When You Need This

  • Cleaning up data imported from other sources
  • Preparing text for processing in programming languages
  • Fixing formatting issues in documents
  • Removing unwanted spaces from user inputs
  • Standardizing text formatting across multiple files

How to Use This Tool

  1. Enter your text - Paste or type the text you want to trim
  2. Select trim options:
    • ☑️ Trim both ends: Remove spaces from start and end (most common)
    • ☑️ Trim start only: Remove spaces only from the beginning
    • ☑️ Trim end only: Remove spaces only from the end
  3. Set additional options:
    • ☑️ Trim each line individually: Process each line separately
    • ☑️ Remove empty lines: Delete lines that become empty after trimming
    • ☑️ Preserve indentation: Keep leading spaces on non-empty lines
  4. Click "Trim Text" - Your cleaned text will appear below
  5. Review the statistics - See how much whitespace was removed
  6. Copy or download - Use the result directly or save it for later

Example Workflow:

1. You enter:
   Hello World    \n    How are you?   

2. Select "Trim both ends" with "Trim each line individually"

3. Output becomes:
Hello World\nHow are you?

4. Statistics show: Original 40 chars, Trimmed 22 chars, 18 whitespace removed

What Counts as Whitespace?

This tool removes these whitespace characters:

  • Regular spaces ( )
  • Tabs (\t)
  • Newlines (\n, \r, \r\n)
  • Non-breaking spaces ( )
  • Other Unicode whitespace characters

Pro Tips

Why would I preserve indentation?

This is useful for code files where indentation matters. It removes trailing spaces but keeps the leading spaces that create structure.

What's the difference between "Trim each line" and the global trim?

When "Trim each line" is enabled, each line is processed individually. Otherwise, only the very start and end of the entire text is trimmed.

Can I trim specific characters instead of whitespace?

This tool specifically focuses on whitespace. For removing specific characters, you might want to use a find/replace tool.