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3-step workflow · seconds

Clean any text in three steps

Paste, pick a preset, copy. The result updates as you change anything.

  1. STEP 01

    Paste your text

    An AI reply, a PDF excerpt, an email or a draft post.

    Or try the sample
  2. STEP 02

    Pick a preset

    Clean AI text, LinkedIn post, Fix copied text or Plain text. Fine-tune any option after.

    Remembered next time
  3. STEP 03

    Copy or download

    Copy the cleaned text, or save it as a .txt file.

    One click
Guide

How to use this text formatter

Start from the preset that matches where the text came from, then switch single options on or off.

Updated for 2026: four presets, eleven options, six case styles
  1. 1

    Paste the original

    Paste into Your text. The formatted version appears in the result box straight away.

  2. 2

    Choose a preset

    Each preset switches on a set of options. Your choice is saved in this browser.

  3. 3

    Style a phrase

    Select words in Your text and press B, I, BI or M. Aa turns styled letters back to plain.

  4. 4

    Check and copy

    Read the result, watch the LinkedIn counter if you're posting there, then copy.

Presets

What each preset switches on

Four starting points. Every option stays editable after you pick one.

Default

Clean AI text

For a ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini reply going into an email or a document.

  • Markdown symbols removed
  • Lists become • bullets
  • Em dashes become hyphens
  • Spacing tidied
Social

LinkedIn post

Like Clean AI text, but **bold** phrases turn into Unicode bold instead of plain words.

  • Bold kept as Unicode
  • • bullets
  • Em dashes left as they are
PDF, email

Fix copied text

Joins lines that a PDF or an email broke in the middle of sentences.

  • Broken lines joined
  • Split words rejoined
  • Curly quotes straightened
Strictest

Plain text

Strips formatting, emoji and typographic quotes for forms and plain-text fields.

  • Markdown removed
  • Emoji removed
  • Quotes and dashes plain
Guide

The clean-up options, explained

What each switch does to your text, exactly.

Markdown

Remove markdown symbols

Headings, bold, italic, code, quotes, strikethrough, tables and rules lose their symbols; links keep their URL in brackets.

  • # and ## headings
  • ** and * emphasis
  • [text](url) to text (url)
Lines

Join broken lines

Lines inside a paragraph are joined with a space. Blank lines and list items stay separate.

  • exam- / ple to example
  • Lists kept
  • Paragraphs kept
Hidden

Remove invisible characters

Zero-width spaces and joiners, word joiners, byte-order marks and soft hyphens are removed; non-breaking spaces become spaces.

  • Zero-width removed
  • Soft hyphens removed
  • NBSP to space
Typography

Quotes, dashes, emoji

Curly quotes and the ellipsis become plain characters, em dashes become a spaced hyphen, emoji can go.

  • “ ” to "
  • … to ...
  • Emoji optional
Guide

Which preset different people use

A starting point by job. Adjust the options to taste.

LinkedIn and social creators

LinkedIn post

Draft with an AI or in markdown, then paste a post with bold hooks and clean bullets.

Try: LinkedIn post · watch the 3,000 counter

Office and admin work

Fix copied text

Turn text pulled from a PDF or an email thread back into normal paragraphs.

Try: Fix copied text · Sentence case if needed

Anyone using AI chat

Clean AI text

Paste an AI reply into an email or a document without stray asterisks and hashes.

Try: Clean AI text · read it once before sending

Students and writers

Plain text

Strip formatting before pasting into an assignment portal, a form or a CMS.

Try: Plain text · Keep case
Unicode bold

How bold and italic survive a paste

LinkedIn and X posts have no bold button. The tool swaps your letters for look-alike Unicode letters that carry the style with them.

The four styles

All from Unicode's Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block (U+1D400 to U+1D7FF).

Bold𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝟭𝟮𝟯

Sans-serif bold

Italic𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵

Sans-serif italic

Bold italic𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙘

Sans-serif bold italic

Monospace𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝟷𝟸𝟹

Monospace

What gets styled

Only the characters these alphabets have.

  • A to Z and a to z in every style
  • Digits 0 to 9 in bold, bold italic and monospace
  • Spaces, punctuation and other letters stay as they are
  • Styling twice replaces the old style, it doesn't stack
  • Aa turns any styled letter back into the plain one

Use it sparingly

They are different characters from the plain letters, so treat them as decoration.

  • Whole paragraphs in bold
  • Styling names or keywords people search for
  • Styled text in forms, emails to systems or code
  • Accented or non-Latin letters (they stay plain)
Guide

Building a clean-text habit

A few routines that save cleanup every time you paste.

  1. 1

    Set your usual preset once

    Options and case are saved in this browser, so the tool opens the way you left it.

  2. 2

    Clean before you count

    Format first, then check length with the Word Counter, so the count matches what you post.

  3. 3

    Keep the original

    The tool never changes Your text except when you style a selection. Copy the original too if you need it.

  4. 4

    Compare when unsure

    Paste before and after into the Text Diff Checker to see exactly what changed.

Compare

This formatter vs cleaning by hand vs paste as plain text

Paste-as-plain-text removes rich formatting, but not the markdown symbols an AI writes as plain characters.

FeatureCleverTools formatterBy handPaste as plain text
Removes ** and ## symbols✓ YesSlow✗ No
Joins PDF line breaks✓ YesLine by line✗ No
Removes invisible characters✓ Yes✗ Can't see them✗ No
Bold that works on LinkedIn✓ Unicode bold✗ No✗ No
Changes case✓ Six stylesRetype✗ No
Text uploaded✓ Never✓ Never✓ Never

Want the markdown rendered instead of removed? Use the Markdown to HTML converter.

Pro tips

Pro tips for clean, natural text

Small habits that make pasted text read like you wrote it.

Read AI text once

The preset fixes symbols, not wording. Read the result before you send it.

Bold the hook only

One bold line at the top draws the eye. More than that reads as shouting.

Keep keywords plain

Styled letters are different characters. Leave names and keywords unstyled.

PDF text? Join lines

Fix copied text joins lines broken by the page edge and keeps your lists.

Title Case for headings

Small words like a, of and the stay lower case unless they start a line.

Form rejects your text?

Invisible characters are a common cause. Turn on Remove invisible characters.

Save a copy

Download a .txt when you need the cleaned text as a file.

Safe for drafts

Nothing is uploaded, so client drafts and internal emails stay on your device.

Pro tip: change case before you style

The tool applies the case first and the Unicode styles after, because styled letters ignore upper and lower case. If you style a phrase by hand and then want it in capitals, press Aa, change the case, and style it again.

Which preset?

Clean AI text or LinkedIn post?

Both remove markdown. The difference is what happens to bold, and to em dashes.

Emails · documents · forms
Aaplain words

Clean AI text

**bold** becomes plain words and em dashes become hyphens, so the text fits any email or document.

Best where formatting is added later

LinkedIn · X · Instagram
𝗕Unicode bold

LinkedIn post

**bold** becomes Unicode bold letters, so the emphasis is still there after you paste into a post.

Best for posts with no bold button

Verdict: use Clean AI text for anything that isn't a social post. Use LinkedIn post when the bold phrases matter and the platform can't format text itself.
Use cases

Who uses this text formatter

Six everyday jobs where text arrives in the wrong shape.

Social media managers

Posts with bold hooks and clean bullets that keep their look on LinkedIn.

AI chat users

AI replies pasted into emails without asterisks and hash marks.

Office teams

Paragraphs rebuilt from PDFs, scanned letters and long email threads.

Students

Assignments pasted into portals as plain, tidy text.

Bloggers and CMS editors

Hidden characters and stray symbols removed before publishing.

Anyone fixing case

Headings and lists turned into Title Case or Sentence case in one click.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about cleaning text, Unicode bold and the presets.

Which small words stay lowercase in Title Case?
Articles, short conjunctions and short prepositions: a, an, the, and, but, or, nor, of, in, on, at, to, for, by, with, as and vs. They are still capitalized when they start a line. Every other word gets a capital first letter, so "hello world from new york" becomes "Hello World From New York".
What is the difference between sentence case and title case?
Sentence case capitalizes only the first letter of each sentence and each line (plus the word I), the way you write normal prose. Title Case capitalizes nearly every word, the style used for headlines, book titles and video titles.
Will it keep acronyms like NASA or names like iPhone?
No. Title Case and Sentence case lowercase the rest of every word first, so NASA becomes Nasa and iPhone becomes Iphone, and Sentence case also lowercases proper names. Fix those few words by hand after converting.
Does it change Unicode bold or italic text?
No. Unicode bold and italic letters (the kind used on LinkedIn and X) have no upper or lower form, so they pass through unchanged. Select them and click Aa to turn them back into plain letters first, and then the case change applies.
Does anything else change besides the case?
No. This page opens with every clean-up option off, so only the case changes. If you also want to remove markdown symbols, extra spaces or em dashes, pick a preset such as Clean AI text in the settings.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser, so nothing you paste is sent to a server or stored. There is no length limit and no signup.
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