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More text and list cleanup tools

Use these tools when you need to split lists, pull out phone numbers, remove links, inspect hidden characters, clean repeated page headers, fix spaced-out OCR text, or compare one version of text to another. The newest ones also have their own dedicated pages if you want a cleaner one-tool view.

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Text Diff

See what changed between an older and newer version of text.

Split CSV To Lines

Use this when a list is separated by commas and you want one item on each line.

Example: turn apple, banana, pear into one item per line for a list.

Merge Lines To CSV

Use this when you have one item per line and want one comma-separated line instead.

Example: turn a vertical list of tags into one comma-separated cell for a spreadsheet.

Trim Each Line

Use this when every line has stray spaces at the beginning or end.

Example: clean a pasted list where every row starts or ends with extra spaces.

Remove Duplicate Emails

Use this when you already have email addresses and only need the unique ones.

Example: remove repeated addresses before importing a contact list.

Extract Phone Numbers

Use this when notes, signatures, contact exports, or pasted messages contain phone numbers you want in one clean list. If you only need this job, open Extract Phone Numbers.

Example: pull phone numbers out of signatures from copied email threads.

Remove URLs

Use this when pasted text includes links you want to remove before reusing it.

Example: remove links from meeting notes before pasting them into a doc.

Extract URLs

Use this when a larger block of text contains links you want to pull out into a clean list.

Example: pull every web link out of copied research notes.

Remove Citation Markers

Use this when pasted academic or research text includes reference markers like [12] or (3) that you do not want in the reading copy. If you only need this job, open Remove Citation Markers.

Example: remove inline reference numbers before reusing a paragraph in notes.

Join Broken Paragraphs

Use this when text wraps line by line but should read like normal paragraphs.

Example: turn copied book text back into normal paragraphs after every line wrapped.

Fix Spaced-Out Text

Use this when OCR or pasted text comes out like T h i s or A C M E instead of normal words. If you only need this job, open Fix Spaced-Out Text.

Example: repair scan text that reads T h i s i s A C M E.

Remove Repeated Headers & Footers

Use this when pasted multi-page text repeats the same page title, footer, or page number on every page. If you only need this job, open Remove Repeated Headers & Footers.

Example: remove “Quarterly Report” and page numbers repeated on every pasted page.

Best when each page is separated by a form-feed page break or a larger blank gap.

Show Hidden Characters

Use this when text looks normal but you want to see spaces, tabs, line breaks, non-breaking spaces, zero-width marks, and soft hyphens. If you only need this job, open Show Hidden Characters.

Example: check why text looks fine but pastes strangely into another app.

Remove Zero-Width Characters

Use this when text looks normal but behaves strangely because of invisible copy-and-paste characters.

Example: clean text that fails validation because invisible characters are hidden inside it.

Text Diff

Use this when you want a quick summary of what changed between an older version and a newer one.

Example: compare an old paragraph and a revised paragraph to see what changed.