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Invisible Character Detector

Detect and remove invisible Unicode characters.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Enter the Invisible Character Detector input in the field on the page.
  2. Click "Detect" to run the tool in your browser.
  3. Read the result below the form and copy it if you need it in another app.

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About Invisible Character Detector

Detect invisible Unicode characters in text. Zero-width spaces, soft hyphens, BOM, direction overrides.

About

Detect invisible Unicode characters in text. Zero-width spaces, soft hyphens, BOM, direction overrides.
Detect invisible Unicode characters in text. Zero-width spaces, soft hyphens, BOM, direction overrides.
Runs in browser
Yes
No signup required
Yes

Examples

Example usage

Try the tool with sample input.
Input
Hello​world
Output
✗ Invisible characters detected:

  Zero-Width Space (U+200B): 1 occurrence(s)

Total invisible chars: 1
Clean text length: 10 chars (was 11)

── Cleaned text ──
Helloworld

Use Cases

  • Check invisible character detector values while you draft a page, spreadsheet, or config.
  • Paste a sample into Invisible Character Detector and copy the output into your workflow.
  • Keep sensitive inputs on-device — this page runs the calculation in the browser.

Frequently Asked Questions

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