Question 1

How do I find and replace text online?

Accepted Answer

Paste your text into the main text area, type the word or phrase you want to find in the 'Find' field, and type the replacement in the 'Replace' field. Matches are highlighted in real time. Click 'Replace All' to replace every occurrence at once, or 'Replace Next' to step through them one by one.

Question 2

Can I do a case-sensitive find and replace?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enable the 'Case sensitive' toggle and the tool will only match text that exactly matches the capitalization of your search term. With this off, 'Apple', 'apple', and 'APPLE' are all matched.

Question 3

What is whole word matching?

Accepted Answer

With 'Whole word' enabled, the tool only matches the search term when it appears as a complete word — not as part of a larger word. For example, searching for 'cat' with whole word on would match 'cat' but not 'catalog' or 'concatenate'.

Question 4

Can I replace text with nothing (delete it)?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Leave the 'Replace' field empty and click 'Replace All'. Every match of your search term will be deleted from the text.

Question 5

How do I replace line breaks using find and replace?

Accepted Answer

Use the dedicated Remove Line Breaks tool for this purpose, as it handles the various line ending formats (
 and 
) automatically. The Find and Replace tool works on visible characters rather than line break control characters.

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