Clean pasted PDF text
Paste extracted text into the tool, review the cleaned result, then copy or download it. The pipeline applies four listed steps: Remove BOM, Remove Non-Printable Characters, Text Unwrapper, and Trim Whitespace.
How to clean pasted text
- Paste your text into Paste your PDF text here....
- Review the generated pipeline steps shown below the input.
- Read the result in the readonly field labeled Cleaned text will appear here....
- Select Copy to copy the result, or Download to save it.
- To change the pipeline, select Edit this template in Tool Combiner →.
What the pipeline changes
- Remove BOM removes a byte-order mark when one is present.
- Remove Non-Printable Characters removes characters covered by that pipeline step.
- Text Unwrapper attempts to handle unwanted line wrapping.
- Trim Whitespace removes surrounding or excess whitespace as implemented by the step.
The exact character classes and Text Unwrapper rules are not documented in the page source. Review the output, especially where line breaks, hyphens, bullets, tables, or multiple blank lines matter.
Limitations and input requirements
- The page accepts pasted text; it does not expose a PDF or EPUB upload control.
- There is no OCR control. For a scanned document, extract its text first, then paste that text here.
- Complex layouts such as tables may need manual review because layout reconstruction is not confirmed.
- No file-size, character-count, encoding, or processing-time limit is exposed on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between this and 'Strip & Join as Sentence'?
Strip & Join merges every single line with a space, so it does not preserve paragraph boundaries. Clean Pasted PDF Text uses the Text Unwrapper step, which attempts to preserve paragraph breaks while handling unwanted line wrapping. Review the result for your text.
Does it remove hyphens from hyphenated line breaks?
The Text Unwrapper step attempts to handle hyphenated line breaks, such as 'sen-' followed by a line break and 'tence'. A real word hyphen may still need manual review.
Is my document text sent to your servers?
No. Everything runs in your browser. Your text is never uploaded or stored.