Text Cleaner
Remove smart quotes, non-breaking spaces, and hidden characters from copy/paste text.
Paste text above to clean
What Gets Cleaned
Smart Quotes
" " ' ' → " " ' '
Special Spaces
Non-breaking, em-space, thin space
Dashes
Em-dash — → --
Hidden Characters
Zero-width, BOM, control chars
How to Use Text Cleaner
- Paste your text with formatting issues
- The tool automatically identifies problematic characters
- Click "Clean" to remove or replace them
- See a count of changes made
About Text Cleaner
Clean up text copied from Word, PDFs, or web pages. Removes smart quotes, non-breaking spaces, zero-width characters, and other invisible formatting. Essential for clean copy/paste into code or forms.
Frequently Asked Questions
What characters are cleaned?
Smart quotes (" "), curly apostrophes, non-breaking spaces, zero-width characters, and control characters.
Will this change my actual content?
No, only formatting characters are replaced. Your words and punctuation remain intact.
Why does my copied text have hidden characters?
Word processors and websites add invisible formatting. These can cause issues in code, databases, or plain text fields.