Clean Up Extra Whitespace
Extra whitespace causes issues in code, content, and data. This tool removes double spaces, extra line breaks, leading/trailing whitespace, and tab characters.
Common Whitespace Problems
- Double spaces after periods: A holdover from typewriter-era typing. Modern fonts are designed for single spacing.
- Copy-paste artifacts: Copying from Word, PDFs, or websites often introduces extra line breaks and hidden characters.
- Mixed tabs and spaces: Code indentation should use one or the other, never both. This tool normalizes to spaces.
- Trailing whitespace: Invisible characters at the end of lines that cause issues in version control diffs and some parsers.
- Extra blank lines: Multiple consecutive blank lines that add unnecessary visual space in documents and code.