Invisible Character Strip

Detect and remove invisible Unicode characters like zero-width spaces, non-breaking spaces, and BOM from text

What Are Invisible Characters?

Invisible characters are Unicode code points that render as zero-width or non-visible glyphs. They are invisible to the human eye but can cause subtle bugs in text processing, copy-paste operations, and data entry. Common invisible characters include zero-width spaces (U+200B), non-breaking spaces (U+00A0), zero-width joiners (U+200D), and byte order marks (U+FEFF).

When to Use This Tool

• Debugging text parsing errors caused by hidden characters
• Verifying the integrity of copied and pasted text
• Cleaning text before using it in code or configuration files
• Removing invisible characters that cause unexpected behavior in web forms or databases