Find and Replace Text Online

What is Find and Replace Text tool?

This is a free online utility that allows you to quickly find specific words, phrases, or patterns within a body of text and replace them with something else. It supports options like case-sensitive matching, whole word matching, and advanced searching using regular expressions.

How to use Find & Replace Text tool?

• Paste your original text into the "Input Text" box.
• In the "Find this..." field, type the text you want to search for.
• In the "Replace with this..." field, type the text you want to insert.
• Select your desired options: "Match case", "Match whole word", or "Use Regular Expressions".
• Click the "Replace All" button.
• The modified text will appear in the "Output Text" box, and the number of replacements made will be displayed.

Understanding the Search Options

To get the most out of this tool, it's important to understand what each option does:

• Match case: When checked, "Word" will not match "word". It makes the search case-sensitive.
• Match whole word only: If you search for "run", it will not replace the "run" in "running". This is useful for avoiding partial matches.
• Use Regular Expressions: This enables a powerful pattern-matching language for complex tasks, like removing extra spaces or formatting data.

Practical Example 1: Cleaning Up Text Formatting

Imagine you have text copied from an email or a PDF with inconsistent spacing. To fix this, you can replace all multiple spaces with a single space. Use the following settings:

• Find this...: \s+
• Replace with this...: (a single space)
• Options: Check "Use Regular Expressions".

This pattern finds any sequence of one or more whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines) and replaces it with a single space, instantly tidying your text.

Practical Example 2: Removing All HTML Tags

If you need to extract the plain text from a piece of HTML code, you can use a regular expression to strip out all the tags with these settings:

• Find this...: <[^>]*>
• Replace with this...: (leave this field empty)
• Options: Check "Use Regular Expressions".

This will find and remove all HTML tags (like <p>, <div>, etc.), leaving you with only the text content.

Is this Online Find and Replace Tool Secure?

Absolutely. All find and replace operations are performed locally in your browser (client-side). Your text is never sent over the internet to our servers, ensuring your data remains completely private and secure.