Does this tool change newlines?

No. By default only horizontal spaces (and optionally tab characters) are collapsed. Newlines (line breaks) are always preserved so your paragraph structure stays intact.

What does "Include tabs" do?

When enabled, tab characters are treated the same as spaces. A mix of spaces and tabs — e.g. two spaces followed by a tab — is collapsed into a single space.

What does "Trim each line" do?

It strips any leading or trailing whitespace from every individual line, so lines that start or end with extra spaces are also cleaned up.

Is my text sent to a server?

No. All processing runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never uploaded or stored remotely.

Will this affect intentional indentation?

Yes, if you use spaces for indentation those will be collapsed too. If preserving indentation matters, use the "Trim each line" option carefully or apply the tool only to the body text portion.

Multiple Spaces Reducer

Name: Multiple Spaces Reducer
Availability: InStock
Author: Nham Vu

Paste any text and instantly collapse runs of spaces (and optionally tabs) down to a single space.

Input Text

Options

Include tabs (collapse tab characters as well)

Trim each line (strip leading/trailing whitespace per line)

Stats

Spaces removed

Chars before

Chars after

Cleaned Output

Try an Example

Click to load sample text with extra spaces.

Summary

Paste any text and instantly collapse runs of spaces (and optionally tabs) down to a single space.

How it works

Paste or type your text in the Input box on the left.
The tool instantly collapses runs of two or more spaces into one.
Toggle "Include tabs" to also collapse tab characters.
Toggle "Trim each line" to strip leading and trailing whitespace from every line.
Review the cleaned output on the right, then click "Copy Result" to copy it.

Use cases

Clean up text copied from PDFs where word spacing is duplicated.
Normalize spacing in CSV or TSV data before importing into a spreadsheet.
Tidy up copy-pasted code comments or documentation with erratic spacing.
Prepare text for NLP pipelines that expect single-space-separated tokens.
Fix HTML source code that has unnecessary extra whitespace in attributes.
Quickly normalize spacing in emails or reports before sending.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-06-09 · Reviewed by Nham Vu