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Remove URLs from Text

Delete http, https, www and bare-domain links from any text. Keep Markdown link labels, swap URLs for a placeholder, and tidy leftover spaces automatically.

What is the Remove URLs from Text?

Remove URLs from Text finds and deletes web addresses in any block of text — full http:// and https:// links, www.

  • Removes http(s)://, www. and bare-domain URLs
  • Optional placeholder such as [link] instead of deletion
  • Keeps the label of Markdown [text](url) links
  • Tidies double spaces and gaps left behind
  • Live count of URLs removed
  • Runs entirely in your browser — nothing uploaded

How to use the Remove URLs from Text

  1. 1

    Paste text containing links into the input box.

  2. 2

    Choose whether to delete URLs or replace them with a placeholder of your choice.

  3. 3

    Enable “Keep Markdown link text” to preserve labels from [label](url) links.

  4. 4

    Turn on whitespace tidy-up to collapse gaps left by removed links.

  5. 5

    Copy or download the link-free text.

About the Remove URLs from Text

Remove URLs from Text finds and deletes web addresses in any block of text — full http:// and https:// links, www. addresses, and bare domains like example.com/page. It is the fast way to clean links out of copied articles, chat exports, social posts, transcripts and spammy comments before you quote, analyse or republish the text.

You stay in control of what happens at each link: remove it completely, replace it with a placeholder like [link], and for Markdown-style links keep the visible label while dropping the address. An optional cleanup pass collapses the double spaces and dangling gaps that removed links leave behind, and a counter reports how many URLs were removed.

The tool runs 100% locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to a server, so private conversations and unpublished drafts stay on your device — and it works offline.

Frequently asked questions

Does it catch links without http:// at the front?

Yes. Besides full http and https URLs it also matches www. addresses and bare domains with common endings like example.com or docs.example.io/path, so most pasted links are caught.

Can I keep the link text and just remove the address?

For Markdown-style links, yes — enable “Keep Markdown link text” and [Read the guide](https://example.com) becomes just “Read the guide”. Plain URLs have no separate label, so they are removed or replaced.

Can I replace each URL with something instead of deleting it?

Yes. Switch the mode to “Replace with placeholder” and every URL becomes whatever you type — [link], [removed] or any marker you prefer.

Will removing links leave messy double spaces?

Enable the tidy-up option and the tool collapses repeated spaces and removes spaces stranded before punctuation, so sentences read naturally after cleaning.

Is the text I paste kept private?

Completely. Processing happens in your browser with JavaScript — nothing is transmitted, stored or logged anywhere.

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