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Quickly remove or delete extra spaces between words in Microsoft Word

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2025-03-19

When we use Microsoft Word document, we cannot avoid facing with extra spaces existing between words in our document. When an article is too long, it's too time-consuming to remove extra spaces manually. But now, with Kutools for Word's Remove All Extra Spaces in Selected Range utility, you can remove or delete all the extra spaces between words with one click.

Remove or delete all extra spaces between words from whole document

Remove or delete all extra spaces between words from any parts of document

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Click Kutools > Remove > Remove All Extra Spaces in Selected Range. See screenshot:

a screenshot of enabling the remove extra spaces feature

Remove or delete all extra spaces between words from whole document

Supposing you have a document with lots of extra spaces as shown in the below screenshot, you can quickly get it done as follows:

a screenshot showing the extra spaces between words in a document

1. Please open the document, and then apply this utility by clicking Kutools > Remove> Remove All Extra Spaces in Selected Range.

a screenshot of enabling the remove extra spaces feature

2. After clicking Extra Spaces, it will pop-up a window as shown in the below screenshot.

a screenshot of the confirmation dialog box

3. After clicking Yes button, you will see the extra spaces between words will be removed automatically. See the following result.

a screenshot showing the results after removing extra spaces

Remove or delete all extra spaces between words from any parts of document

You can also quickly remove or delete all extra spaces between words from any parts of document in Microsoft Word. You can get it done as follows:

1. Please highlight and select a part of the document which you want to remove all extra spaces between words as shown in the below screenshot.

a screenshot showing the extra spaces in a selection

2. And then applying this utility by clicking KutoolsRemove > Remove All Extra Spaces in Selected Range to remove all extra spaces from the selected range. See screenshot:

a screenshot showing the result after removing extra spaces from the selected range

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