Remove Double Spaces Online: Clean Up Student Essays

If you learned to type on a typewriter, you were taught to hit the Spacebar twice after every period. It was necessary for "monospaced" typewriter fonts.

But in the digital age of proportional fonts (like Arial, Times New Roman, and the font you are reading right now), double spacing is wrong.

• APA Style? One space.
• MLA Style? One space.
• Chicago Style? One space.

Why It Matters

Using double spaces creates visible "rivers" of white space running through your document, making text harder to read. It also looks outdated to modern editors and professors.

How to Fix an Entire Document

You don't need to hunt for every extra space manually.

1. Copy Text: Select your whole essay (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C).
2. Paste: Put it into the Text Cleaner.
3. Action: The tool automatically detects consecutive spaces ( ) and replaces them with a single space ( ).
4. Result: A perfectly formatted, modern document.

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