Remove Tab Characters
Paste text, choose whether U+0009 tabs should be removed or replaced with spaces, then process it locally.
A QUICK WALKTHROUGH
How to use this tool
- Paste up to 100,000 characters.
- Choose Remove tabs or Replace with 1–16 spaces.
- Process and copy the output.
Literal tab definition
A tab means the U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION code point. Only those characters are changed; spaces, punctuation, Unicode text, and line endings are preserved.
Bounded local processing
Input is limited to 100,000 UTF-16 characters and is processed in this browser. No text is uploaded.
GOOD TO KNOW
Common questions
Does this remove every kind of whitespace?
No. Only U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION characters are changed; spaces, other whitespace, and line endings stay as entered.