Find & Remove Invisible Characters
Local ProcessingFind or remove zero-width and other invisible characters, or show spaces, tabs and line breaks as symbols.
How It Works & Processing Standards
Find or remove zero-width and other invisible characters, or show spaces, tabs and line breaks as symbols.
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Current Limits
- Maximum input length: 2,000,000 characters
If copied text behaves oddly in search or comparison, invisible characters may be mixed in. Find, visualize or remove them under "Task".
What You Can Do
- Find invisible characters
- Reports characters such as U+200B by kind and count.
- Visualize whitespace
- Shows spaces, tabs and line breaks as symbols.
- Remove zero-width characters
- Removes zero-width spaces, joiners and similar characters.
How to Use Find & Remove Invisible Characters
- 1Choose a taskFind first, then remove if needed.
- 2Paste the textPaste the problem text as is.
- 3Read or copyCopy the cleaned text and use it again.
Examples
Find hidden characters
Input: "AB" (U+200B between A and B)
Result: Found 1, U+200B × 1
Remove hidden characters
Input: "ABC" (with U+200B and U+200C)
Result: ABC
Common Use Cases
- A copied password or code keeps being rejected
- Spreadsheet lookups or search miss identical-looking text
- Checking odd line breaks in text copied from the web
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Where do invisible characters come from?
Web pages, messengers and word processors often insert them for line breaking or character joining.
Will emoji break?
The zero-width joiner (U+200D) also links emoji like 👨👩👧, so removing it can split such emoji apart.