What is hard wrap vs. soft wrap?

Hard wrap inserts real newline characters at the column limit, so every line in the output is at most N characters long. Soft wrap breaks only at word boundaries — no words are split — so lines may be slightly shorter than the limit but never longer (unless a single word exceeds it).

What happens to existing line breaks in my text?

Single line breaks are treated as spaces (the paragraph is reflowed). Blank lines (double newlines) are kept as paragraph separators when "Preserve Paragraphs" is on.

Will very long words get broken?

In Soft Wrap mode, a word longer than the column limit is placed on its own line without breaking. In Hard Wrap mode, the word is split at exactly the column boundary with a newline inserted.

Is there a text-size limit?

The tool runs entirely in your browser with no server upload, so it handles large texts (hundreds of kilobytes) without any limit or latency concern.

Can I use this for code?

This tool is designed for prose. It does not understand indentation or syntax, so it will reflow indented code blocks. For code, use your editor's built-in formatter instead.

Word Wrap Tool

Name: Word Wrap Tool
Availability: InStock
Author: Nham Vu

Paste your text, choose a column width, and get it wrapped — hard or soft — with paragraph breaks preserved.

Input Text

Options

Column Width

characters

Wrap Mode

Soft Hard

Preserve paragraph breaks (blank lines)

Wrapped Output

Column Ruler

Summary

Paste your text, choose a column width, and get it wrapped — hard or soft — with paragraph breaks preserved.

How it works

Paste or type your text into the input box.
Set the desired column width (default 80 characters).
Choose Hard Wrap to insert actual newlines, or Soft Wrap to break at word boundaries without cutting words.
Toggle "Preserve Paragraphs" to keep blank lines between paragraphs.
Click Wrap Text — the reformatted output appears instantly.
Copy the result with one click.

Use cases

Format long emails or letters to fit a fixed-width display.
Wrap code comments to comply with an 80- or 100-column style guide.
Prepare plain-text pastes for terminals or IRC with a set line limit.
Reformat exported documents or Markdown before committing to version control.
Wrap README or changelog text to 72 columns for git commit messages.
Quickly reflow pasted paragraphs that arrived as one long line.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-06-10 · Reviewed by Nham Vu