Find and Replace
Replace every occurrence of a word or phrase in your text.
How to use the Find and Replace
- Paste your text.
- Type what to find and what to replace it with.
- Copy the result.
About the Find and Replace
This replaces every occurrence at once — there is no step-through and no “replace next”. Type what to find and what to replace it with, and the result updates as you type.
Matching is literal, not regular expressions, which is the single most important thing to know before trusting it with real text. Every character you type into the Find box is treated as itself, so a dot matches only a dot, and typing .* matches only the literal characters .* rather than acting as a wildcard. That means you can safely search for prices, file names, code snippets and URLs without anything being silently reinterpreted as a pattern. It is case-sensitive by default: “Cat” will not match “cat”. Tick “ignore case” to match any capitalisation — but note the replacement is inserted exactly as typed, so replacing “cat” with “dog” case-insensitively turns “Cat” into “dog”, not “Dog”, and can leave the middle of a sentence lowercase.
Leaving the Replace box empty deletes every match, which is the quickest way to strip a repeated string out of a block of text. An empty Find box leaves your text untouched rather than matching everywhere. There is no undo, so keep the original until you are satisfied — the input box still holds it, unchanged. Everything runs in your browser, which makes this safe for text you would not paste into an online editor. For tidying whitespace, the extra spaces remover is a better fit; to change capitalisation throughout, use the case converter.
Frequently asked questions
Does it support regular expressions?
No, and that is deliberate. Everything you type in the Find box is matched literally, so special characters like . * ? and ( ) match themselves. This makes it safe for searching code, prices and URLs, but it means you cannot use wildcards or patterns.
Is it case-sensitive?
Yes by default, so "Cat" will not match "cat". Tick the "ignore case" option to match any capitalisation.
Does it replace every match or just the first?
Every match in the text, all at once. There is no way to replace only some occurrences — for that, replace with a unique placeholder first, then fix the ones you want by hand.
How do I delete a word instead of replacing it?
Type it in the Find box and leave the Replace box empty. Every occurrence is removed. Watch for doubled spaces left behind where the word used to be.
Can I undo a replacement?
There is no undo button, but your original text is still sitting in the input box untouched — the tool never modifies it, it only produces a new result. Nothing is lost until you overwrite the input yourself.