Whitespace Cleaner
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Whitespace Cleaner

Clean up text formatting by removing trailing spaces, collapsing multiple spaces/tabs to single spaces, and normalizing line endings. Perfect for preparing code, logs, and content for version control or processing.

Whitespace Cleaner Use Cases

  • Clean code before committing to version control to remove trailing spaces
  • Normalize text copied from different sources with inconsistent spacing
  • Prepare logs and data files for consistent processing and analysis
  • Format content from rich text editors to plain text with consistent spacing

Whitespace Cleaner FAQ

Which whitespace characters are removed?

Trailing spaces and tabs at end of lines are removed. Multiple spaces/tabs within text are collapsed to single spaces. Line endings are normalized to LF (\n).

Are leading spaces preserved?

Yes. Only trailing whitespace is removed. Leading indentation and spaces within lines are preserved, except multiple spaces/tabs are collapsed to single spaces.

How are line endings normalized?

Windows (CRLF) and old Mac (CR) line endings are converted to Unix-style LF (\n). Multiple consecutive blank lines are collapsed to double line breaks.