Zero-Width Character Remover

Summary

Paste any text to detect and remove invisible zero-width Unicode characters that cause hidden formatting issues.

How it works

1. Paste or type your text into the input field on the left.
2. The tool instantly scans for all known zero-width Unicode characters.
3. Each detected character type is listed with its code point and count.
4. The cleaned text (with all zero-width characters stripped) appears on the right.
5. Click "Copy Clean Text" to copy the sanitized result to your clipboard.

Use cases

• Clean text copied from websites that embed invisible tracking characters.
• Fix garbled search results or database queries caused by hidden characters.
• Sanitize user input in forms before processing or storing.
• Remove BOM characters from files that cause encoding errors.
• Debug text that looks identical but fails string comparisons.
• Strip invisible characters inserted by word processors or PDFs.
• Prepare clean text for code, APIs, or data pipelines.
• Verify that a string is free of hidden Unicode before publishing.

Frequently Asked Questions