Unindent Text – Remove Indentation

Need to clean up messy formatting or remove unwanted indentation from your text? This unindent text tool lets you remove leading spaces, tabs, or even custom symbols from each line with precision. Whether you're fixing pasted content, reformatting code, or simply trimming unnecessary indents, this tool makes it quick and effortless.

Unindent Text Options

Examples of Text Unindent

1. Removing Indents from a Copied Email (Remove Leading Spaces)

Scenario: You’ve copied an email from your inbox and it’s full of unnecessary leading spaces that make it hard to read or repurpose.

Input:
    Hi Team,
    Please find the report attached.
    Regards,
    Priya

Option:

Unindent Option: Remove All Indentation

Indentation Symbols: (left blank)

Indent Levels: Not applicable

Output:
Hi Team,
Please find the report attached.
Regards,
Priya

2. Strip Custom Bullet Symbols from Lists (Remove Custom Indent Symbols from Text)

Scenario: You’re working with a text file that uses custom bullet points like ▪ and ‣, and you want to remove only a certain number from the start of each line.

Input:
▪‣🞄▪‣Item One
▪‣🞄▪‣Item Two

Option:

Unindent Option: Remove N Indent Levels

Indentation Symbols: ▪‣🞄

Indent Levels: 4

Output:
‣Item One
‣Item Two

3. Remove Tab Spacing from Code Snippet (Fix Tab Indentation in Pasted Code)

Scenario: You’ve pasted code from your IDE and want to remove the first few levels of tab indentation without affecting deeper lines.

Input:
        if (x > 0) {
            console.log("Positive");
        }

Option:

Unindent Option: Remove N Indent Levels

Indentation Symbols: (left blank – default tabs/spaces)

Indent Levels: 1

Output:
    if (x > 0) {
        console.log("Positive");
    }

4. Clean Up Markdown Checklists (Strip Leading Characters from Each Line)

Scenario: You have a markdown checklist with checkboxes and want to remove the first few characters like "[ ]" while preserving the actual task content.

Input:
- [ ] Finish report
- [ ] Review budget
- [ ] Send email

Option:

Unindent Option: Remove N Indent Levels

Indentation Symbols: []

Indent Levels: 4

Output:
- Finish report
- Review budget
- Send email

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