Invisible Character Detector
Scan pasted text for zero-width spaces, BOM, soft hyphens, and other invisible Unicode that break diffs, searches, and copy-paste. Highlight findings and strip them safely in your browser.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your data never leaves this device.
- Zero-width detection
- Highlight positions
- Strip invisibles
- Code-point details
- Privacy-first
How it works
- Paste suspicious text.
- Review highlighted invisible characters and code points.
- Optionally strip them and copy clean text.
Key features
- Zero-width detection
- Highlight positions
- Strip invisibles
- Code-point details
- Privacy-first
FAQ
What is detected?
Zero-width space, ZWNJ/ZWJ, BOM, soft hyphen, and similar format characters.
False positives?
Combining marks used intentionally in some languages are listed; review before stripping.
MVP scope?
This is a practical detector, not a full Unicode confusables auditor.
Private?
Yes.
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