Case Converter
Convert text to uppercase, lowercase, title case, sentence case, and more
Quote Converter
Convert smart quotes to regular quotes and double quotes to single quotes
Whitespace Cleaner
Clean extra whitespace, delete blank lines, convert tabs to spaces (and vice versa)
Dash Converter
Convert between hyphens (-), en dashes (–), and em dashes (—)
Markup Remover
Remove HTML markup, Markdown syntax, and more from your text
Messy Text In, Perfect Text Out—In One Click
ALL CAPS, [b]tags[/b], extra spaces—fixed in seconds, right in your browser. Clean up your text with Online Text Formatter, fast and free.
"It's like a Swiss army knife for text. No matter what transformations I need, it always gets the job done."
28 Highly Dependable Text Formatting Tools
Text stats
- Count the number of characters (incl. whitespace)
- Count the number of words
- Estimate reading time (at an average adult reading speed at 265 words per minute)
Case conversion
- Make text uppercase
- Make text lowercase
- Capitalize the first letter of each word
- Capitalize Titles Using Title Case
- Capitalize sentences using sentence case.
Quote conversion
- Turn straight quotes ('') to smart quotes (“”)
- Turn smart quotes (“”) to straight quotes ('')
- Turn single quotes ('') to double quotes ("")
- Turn double quotes ("") to single quotes ('')
Dash conversion
- Turn two hyphens (--) into a proper em dash (—)
- Turn proper em dashes (—) into sets of two hyphens (--)
- Turn hyphens (-) into en dashes (–)
- Turn en dashes (–) into hyphens (-)
Whitespace cleaning
- Turn extra spaces into a single space
- Completely remove spaces from your text
- Turn multiple line breaks into single line breaks
- Completely remove line breaks to make your text a single paragraph
- Turn line breaks into paragraph breaks
- Turn paragraph breaks into line breaks
- Convert tabs to spaces
- Convert spaces to tabs
Markup removal
- Remove HTML markup from text
- Remove BBcode markup from text
- Decode the HTML-encoded entities within your text
- Decode the URL-encoded entities within your text
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this formatting tool free to use?
Yes, Online Text Formatter is free to use. Do with it as you like: Capitalize your titles with it, use it to count the number of characters or words in a passage, or clean a large batch of text from bad formatting — our free text cleaning and formatting tool is here to help.
How does this formatting tool work?
We've made Online Text Formatter super-intuitive to use so you can transform your text quickly and easily. To get started, paste or type your text into the box labeled "Paste your text here" at the top of the page. Next, select a cleaning or formatting action from the list below and click on the button to apply it. The tool will then transform your text.
Can I use this tool on my phone or tablet too?
Online Text Formatter works on any modern web browser — phone, tablet, or desktop; regular or private/incognito browsing mode. The only hard requirement is to have JavaScript enabled, which most browsers do by default.
Are the texts that I enter stored anywhere?
If you're worried about the privacy of your work, we've got you covered. Online Text Formatter is a 100 percent browser-based tool. This means that the texts you enter into and transform with it stay in your browser. Your work is not transferred to any servers or stored anywhere in the cloud.
Will my texts be used for training AI?
No, they won't — we would never do that. Online Text Formatter keeps your texts in your browser. That's where all the transformations take place (see the answer to "Are the texts that I enter stored anywhere?").
