Text Formatter
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About Text Formatter
Format and clean text online. Remove extra spaces, trim lines, remove duplicates, and more. Free online text formatter tool.
How to Use
Step 1
Type or paste your text into the input field
Step 2
Browse the formatting actions organized by category
Step 3
Click any action button to instantly format your text
Step 4
View the formatted result in the output section
Step 5
Click 'Copy' to copy the result to clipboard
Step 6
Click 'Use Output' to use the result as new input for chaining actions
Features & Benefits
- ✅13 powerful text formatting actions
- ✅Clean category: Remove extra spaces, line breaks, blank lines, trim lines
- ✅Transform category: Add/remove line numbers, sort lines, reverse lines, remove duplicates
- ✅Extract category: Extract emails, URLs, and numbers from text
- ✅One-click formatting for each action
- ✅Chain multiple actions by using output as input
- ✅Real-time processing with instant results
- ✅Copy formatted text to clipboard
- ✅Clear button to reset
- ✅Remove Extra Spaces - replace multiple spaces with single space
- ✅Remove Line Breaks - join all lines into single line
- ✅Remove Blank Lines - remove empty lines from text
- ✅Trim Lines - remove whitespace from start/end of each line
- ✅Add Line Numbers - add line numbers to each line
- ✅Remove Line Numbers - remove line numbers from each line
- ✅Sort Lines A-Z - sort lines alphabetically ascending
- ✅Sort Lines Z-A - sort lines alphabetically descending
- ✅Reverse Lines - reverse the order of lines
- ✅Remove Duplicates - remove duplicate lines (keep first)
- ✅Extract Emails - extract all email addresses
- ✅Extract URLs - extract all HTTP/HTTPS URLs
- ✅Extract Numbers - extract all numbers from text
- ✅100% browser-based - text never sent to server
- ✅100% free - no limits, no signup required
FAQs
What is a text formatter?
A text formatter is a tool that cleans, transforms, and extracts data from text. It's essential for developers cleaning code, writers formatting documents, and anyone processing text data. Our tool offers 13 different formatting actions organized into clean, transform, and extract categories.
Can I chain multiple formatting actions?
Yes! After applying an action, click 'Use Output' to move the formatted text back to the input field. Then apply another action. This lets you chain multiple formatting operations, like removing blank lines, then sorting, then adding line numbers.
What's the difference between 'Remove Extra Spaces' and 'Trim Lines'?
'Remove Extra Spaces' replaces multiple consecutive spaces with a single space throughout the text. 'Trim Lines' removes whitespace only from the beginning and end of each line, leaving spaces within the line intact.
How does 'Remove Line Numbers' work?
It detects and removes common line number formats like '1. ', '01. ', '1) ', '1: ', or '[1] ' from the start of each line. It works with various numbering styles automatically.
Does 'Remove Duplicates' preserve order?
Yes! It keeps the first occurrence of each unique line and removes subsequent duplicates, preserving the original order of first appearances.
What email formats does 'Extract Emails' recognize?
It extracts standard email addresses matching the pattern: username@domain.extension. It handles most common email formats including those with dots, hyphens, underscores, and plus signs in the username.
Can 'Extract URLs' find URLs without http/https?
No, it only extracts URLs that start with http:// or https://. This ensures accuracy and avoids false positives from text that looks like URLs but isn't.
What types of numbers does 'Extract Numbers' find?
It extracts integers (123), decimals (123.45), and negative numbers (-123). Each number is placed on a separate line in the output.
Can I use this for cleaning CSV or data files?
Absolutely! The tool is perfect for cleaning data. Use 'Remove Blank Lines' to clean up CSV files, 'Trim Lines' to remove unwanted whitespace, 'Remove Duplicates' to deduplicate data, and 'Sort Lines' to organize records.
Is my text stored or sent to a server?
No! All text formatting happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text never leaves your device, ensuring complete privacy and security.