Text Cleaner
Comprehensive text sanitization and cleanup: strip HTML markup, remove invisible ASCII control characters, straighten smart quotes, strip accents, and normalize punctuation.
Multi-Purpose Text Sanitization Engine
Copy-pasting text from PDFs, rich web pages, or legacy documents often introduces hidden control characters, HTML tags, curly smart quotes, and accents that break downstream applications.
The SHRTX Text Cleaner strips undesirable formatting artifacts with one-click presets and granular sanitization toggles.
Core Tool Capabilities
- HTML Tag Stripping: Remove all HTML tags and markup while retaining underlying text content.
- Control Char Removal: Eliminate non-printable ASCII control characters (0-31) that cause database errors.
- Smart Quote Straightening: Convert curly quotes (‘’ “”) and em-dashes (. ) to standard straight ASCII characters.
- One-Click Presets: Quick preset buttons for Strip HTML, Normalize Quotes, Database Clean, and ASCII Only.
Local Browser Privacy
Your files are processed locally on your device. Files are not uploaded, transmitted, or stored on remote servers.
Once the page has loaded, you can disconnect your network connection and continue using this tool offline.
Target Use Cases
- • Web Content Publishing
- • Database Data Ingestion
- • Code & Configuration Preparation
Technical Specifications & Platform Limits
Granular controls for every text cleaning requirement
Instant configuration for web copy, databases, and plain text
Instantaneous regex-based sanitization
No text data is transmitted over the network
Step-by-Step Workflow
Paste Raw Content
Paste text with markup or artifacts into the editor.
Select Preset or Options
Click a sanitization preset or manually check desired cleaning filters.
Review Character Metrics
Check character counts, tags removed, and percentage reduction.
Copy Clean Output
Copy sanitized plain text directly to clipboard.
Practical Real-World Use Cases
Web Content Publishing
Strip rich HTML styling when pasting text into CMS rich text editors.
Database Data Ingestion
Remove non-printable control characters before running SQL insert queries.
Code & Configuration Preparation
Replace curly quotes with standard straight quotes in JSON and scripts.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are control characters and why should I remove them?
- Control characters are non-printable ASCII bytes (like null or bell codes) that can corrupt database queries or break document parsers.
- Does this tool retain line breaks when stripping HTML?
- Yes, paragraph structure and line breaks are preserved during HTML tag removal.
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