βœ‚οΈTrim Whitespace

Remove leading and trailing whitespace

About the Trim Whitespace

Trim Whitespace removes leading and trailing spaces (and optionally extra inner spaces) from your text, producing clean, consistent output.

It is useful for cleaning data copied from spreadsheets, PDFs, or web pages where stray whitespace causes formatting and comparison issues.

Common use cases

  • Cleaning data pasted from Excel or PDFs
  • Removing trailing spaces from code or config files
  • Normalizing user input before validation
  • Fixing alignment issues caused by stray spaces

How to use the Trim Whitespace

  1. Paste the text you want to clean into the input field.
  2. The tool strips leading and trailing whitespace from each line.
  3. Copy the trimmed output.

Frequently asked questions

Does it remove spaces inside lines?

It primarily trims leading and trailing whitespace; inner spacing is preserved unless collapsed by the tool options.

Does it handle tabs?

Yes, tab characters at the start and end of lines are treated as whitespace.

Is anything sent to a server?

No, all trimming happens locally in your browser.