Remove invisible Unicode characters such as Zero-Width Spaces (ZWSP), Non-Breaking Spaces (NBSP), and Byte Order Marks (BOM). Quickly fix formatting problems caused by copied text from AI tools, PDFs, Word files, or web pages.
Hidden Unicode characters are invisible symbols embedded within text. Although they are not visible, they can disrupt code execution, affect SEO indexing, and break document formatting.
\u200B)\u00A0)\u200C)\u200D)\u2060)\uFEFF)Text copied from AI platforms or PDFs often contains hidden “ghost” characters that interfere with formatting:
Original: Hello•World (includes an invisible separator)
Cleaned: Hello World (all hidden characters removed)
They are typically introduced when copying from rich-text environments such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, PDFs, or AI chat tools. These characters help with formatting internally but can cause issues in plain-text use cases.
No. It only removes non-visible Unicode characters. Your visible content—letters, numbers, and punctuation—remains unchanged.
Yes. Even a single hidden character inside a variable name or string can cause code to fail or behave unexpectedly, making debugging difficult.
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