Text Outdent

Text outdenting is an online tool that removes leading whitespace (spaces or tabs) from the beginning of each line. Whether you're a developer reformatting code blocks, a writer cleaning up pasted text, or a content creator preparing content, our outdent tool handles all your indentation removal needs effortlessly.

This tool removes a specified number of spaces or tabs from the start of each line, effectively shifting text to the left. Simply paste your indented text, specify how much indentation to remove, and get outdented results instantly.

Outdenting is essential when working with nested code or quoted text that needs to move back to the left margin. Developers frequently need to outdent code blocks when extracting nested functions, reducing indentation levels, or preparing code snippets for documentation that shouldn't show internal nesting.

Writers and content creators use outdenting to remove unwanted indentation from copied text, prepare code examples for blog posts, or adjust formatting from sources that include extra indentation. Technical writers benefit from outdenting when extracting deeply nested code examples that need to display at the root level.

The tool saves time by automatically removing consistent indentation across all lines, maintaining relative indentation while shifting everything to the left. It's particularly useful when working with code blocks that have been extracted from larger context and need their base indentation removed.

Code Extraction: Remove base indentation when extracting nested functions or code blocks.

Documentation: Prepare code snippets for documentation by removing context indentation.

Text Cleanup: Remove unwanted indentation from pasted text or quoted content.

Refactoring: Reduce indentation levels when flattening code structure.

Blog Posts: Format code examples by removing extra indentation for better readability.

Using our outdent tool is simple: paste your indented text, specify how many spaces or tabs to remove from the start of each line, and the outdented text appears instantly. Lines with less indentation than specified will have all their leading whitespace removed. You can then copy the shifted text with a single click.

The tool preserves relative indentation between lines while removing the specified base indentation, ensuring your code or text structure remains intact while shifting left.