Cleaning options
- Collapse extra spaces and tabs
- Remove empty lines and trim each line
- Strip HTML tags
- Straighten smart quotes (“ ” ‘ ’), long dashes and ellipses
- Remove invisible characters (zero-width spaces, soft hyphens, BOM) and turn non-breaking spaces into normal spaces
- Remove emoji
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Frequently asked questions
Why straighten smart quotes?
Curly quotes from word processors break code, CSV files and some databases.
Will it change my words?
No, only spaces, quotes, tags and the characters you choose to remove.
Is my text uploaded?
No, cleaning happens in your browser.