ChatGPT Text Cleaner — Remove ChatGPT Formatting
Paste a ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini response and get clean plain text — no asterisks, # headings, --- dividers, weird spacing, or hidden characters. Ready to paste into Word, Google Docs, email, or your CMS. Runs entirely in your browser.
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Before (AI Output)
# Quarterly Report Summary **Revenue Growth:** Our Q3 revenue increased by **24%** year-over-year, driven primarily by the new *Enterprise tier* launch in June. ***Key Highlights:*** - Customer retention improved to 94% (up from 89%) - Average deal size grew from $12K to $18K - International expansion entered 3 new markets ## Next Steps 1. Scale the sales team by **15%** in Q4 2. Launch the *self-service onboarding* flow 3. Expand partner integrations to include Salesforce & HubSpot For questions, contact the strategy team.
After (Cleaned)
Quarterly Report Summary Revenue Growth: Our Q3 revenue increased by 24% year-over-year, driven primarily by the new Enterprise tier launch in June. Key Highlights: - Customer retention improved to 94% (up from 89%) - Average deal size grew from $12K to $18K - International expansion entered 3 new markets Next Steps 1. Scale the sales team by 15% in Q4 2. Launch the self-service onboarding flow 3. Expand partner integrations to include Salesforce & HubSpot For questions, contact the strategy team.
How to remove ChatGPT formatting
- In ChatGPT, click the copy icon under the response (or select the text and copy it).
- Paste it into the input box above.
- The cleaned text appears instantly — all cleaning options are on by default.
- Untick any option you want to keep (for example, keep em dashes or bullet styles).
- Click Copy, or download the result as a .txt file.
Example: ChatGPT output before and after
Copied from ChatGPT
## Meeting Summary **Decision:** We'll launch on *March 3rd*. --- - **Owner:** Priya - **Budget:** $12K — approved
Clean text
Meeting Summary Decision: We'll launch on March 3rd. - Owner: Priya - Budget: $12K -- approved
Why ChatGPT text looks messy when you paste it
ChatGPT formats every answer in Markdown — a lightweight syntax where **text** means bold, # starts a heading, and --- draws a divider. The ChatGPT window renders that syntax, so it looks tidy. Paste the same text into an email, a form, a plain-text field, or some CMS editors and the raw symbols appear instead.
Spacing is the other problem. AI output often includes non-breaking spaces, narrow no-break spaces, and zero-width characters that look identical to normal spaces. They stop lines from wrapping, break find-and-replace, and make word counts wrong. This ChatGPT space remover converts them all to ordinary spaces.
Paste ChatGPT text into Word, Google Docs, or email
- Microsoft Word— clean the text here, then paste. Word's "Keep Text Only" paste drops fonts and colors but leaves literal asterisks and hidden spaces behind.
- Google Docs — Ctrl+Shift+V pastes without styling, but Markdown symbols and special spaces survive. Clean first for a tidy document.
- Gmail and Outlook — cleaned text pastes as normal paragraphs, without stray symbols or odd line spacing.
- LinkedIn— LinkedIn doesn't support Markdown, so asterisks show up literally. Clean the text, then use the LinkedIn Post Formatter for spacing.
What gets cleaned
- Markdown headings — strips #, ##, ### markers while keeping the heading text
- Asterisks (bold and italic) — removes **, *, and *** around words
- Divider lines — removes --- and *** horizontal rules
- Weird spacing — converts non-breaking and narrow spaces to regular spaces and collapses double spaces
- Smart quotes and dashes — converts curly quotes and em/en dashes to plain keyboard characters
- Invisible characters — removes zero-width spaces, BOM markers, and control characters
- Bullets — normalizes •, *, and dash variants to a simple dash
- Extra blank lines — collapses runs of empty lines
Common use cases
- Removing asterisks from ChatGPT text before pasting into a Word document
- Cleaning AI-written emails so they paste as normal paragraphs
- Stripping Markdown from Claude or Gemini answers for a CMS or website
- Fixing ChatGPT spacing that breaks word counts or line wrapping
- Removing hidden characters that break forms, spreadsheets, or code
- Preparing copied text before sending it back to an AI model
// FAQ
How do I remove ChatGPT formatting?
Copy the response from ChatGPT, paste it into the input box above, and the cleaned text appears instantly on the right. Asterisks (**bold**), # heading markers, --- divider lines, curly quotes, and hidden characters are removed by default. Click Copy and paste the clean text wherever you need it.
Why does ChatGPT text have asterisks and # symbols?
ChatGPT writes its answers in Markdown. In the ChatGPT window, ** turns text bold and # makes a heading, so you never see the symbols. When the raw text is copied into a plain-text field, email, or some editors, the Markdown symbols show up as literal characters. This tool strips the symbols and keeps the words.
Why does ChatGPT text have weird spacing when I paste it?
ChatGPT output often contains non-breaking spaces and narrow no-break spaces (Unicode U+00A0 and U+202F), plus zero-width characters. They look like normal spaces but behave differently — lines refuse to wrap, search-and-replace misses them, and spacing looks uneven. The 'Fix weird spacing' option converts them to regular spaces and collapses doubled spaces.
How do I paste ChatGPT text into Word or Google Docs without the formatting?
Run the text through this cleaner first, then paste. Alternatively, in Word use Paste Special → Unformatted Text, and in Google Docs use Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on Mac) — but that only drops styling, not literal Markdown symbols or hidden characters. Cleaning first removes both.
Does it remove the content or just the formatting?
Only formatting is removed. Heading markers (#) are stripped but the heading text stays. Bold and italic markers are removed but the emphasized words stay. Lists keep their items, normalized to a simple dash. The tool uses precise pattern matching — no AI rewrites your text.
Does it work with Claude, Gemini, and Copilot text too?
Yes. Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, and most other AI assistants also answer in Markdown and produce the same artifacts — asterisks, headings, dividers, smart quotes, and special spaces. The cleaner handles all of them.
Can it replace ChatGPT's em dashes?
Yes. With 'Normalize dashes' enabled, em dashes (—) become a double hyphen (--) and en dashes (–) become a hyphen (-). Turn the option off if you want to keep them.
Is my text sent to a server?
No. All cleaning happens in your browser with JavaScript. Your text never leaves your device — the same privacy guarantee as every CleanTextKit tool.
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