Detect and remove hidden Unicode characters that can break search, validation, code and copy-paste workflows.
Files are read and cleaned locally. Download a combined text result when processing finishes.
Paste text to see a transparent report.
Highlighted labels show unusual or transformed characters at their original positions.
Text can contain zero-width spaces, byte-order marks, soft hyphens, directional controls and other invisible code points. They may come from websites, PDFs, document editors or generated content.
The inspector highlights affected positions and reports Unicode code points before producing a cleaned copy. Line breaks and tabs are preserved unless you explicitly select additional cleanup rules.
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Removes a zero-width space and BOM marker.
The tool checks control and format characters such as zero-width spaces, BOM markers, soft hyphens and directional controls. The safe default preserves language-shaping joiners.
No. Many are legitimate in some languages or document formats. The preview exists so you can review changes.
No. Detection and removal run in your browser.
Invisible code points have legitimate uses, but they can also break exact matching, code, URLs and data imports.
Read guideStrip zero-width spaces and word-joiner markers while leaving visible punctuation, spacing and language shaping joiners unchanged.
Open toolNormalize NBSP and other Unicode spacing characters into ordinary spaces.
Open toolNormalize inconsistent spaces and tabs while preserving readable paragraphs.
Open toolConvert mixed newline formats into consistent line breaks and reduce excessive blank lines.
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