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String Truncator

world's simplest string tool

Free online string truncator. Just load your string and it will automatically get shortened to the length that you need. There are no intrusive ads, popups or nonsense, just a string cutter. Load a string – truncate a string. Created for developers by developers from team Browserling.

᠎᠎᠎          Tool Options

Which Side to Cut?

Delete symbols from the
tail of the string.
Delete symbols from the
head of the string.

Truncator Options

Truncation length.
(Characters in the output.)
Truncate every string on every line.

Fragment Options

If enabled, adds a string fragment
where truncation happened.
(Specify it below.)

What Is a String Truncator?

This tool truncates the input string to a specific length. If you want to remove symbols from the start, activate the "Cut the Beginning" option. If you want to delete the trailing part, activate the "Cut the End" option. If you enable the multi-line mode then it will truncate every string on every line. You can also specify what characters to put in place of the truncated string fragment. Stringabulous!


String Truncator Examples

Click to try!

Truncate to 78 Chars

This example truncates a string paragraph to 78 characters.

Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away there was a developer who could write 20,000 lines of code per day. Just kidding. No such developer exists.
Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away there was a developer who could
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Delete symbols from the
tail of the string.
Truncation length.
(Characters in the output.)
If enabled, adds a string fragment
where truncation happened.
(Specify it below.)

Cut the Beginning of a String

In this example, we delete the beginning of a string that contains a quote. We start at the first character position and cut until the tail becomes just 17 symbols in length. This way we remove the first 25 characters.

Every day is a chance to change your life.
change your life.
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Delete symbols from the
head of the string.
Truncation length.
(Characters in the output.)
If enabled, adds a string fragment
where truncation happened.
(Specify it below.)

Truncate Long City Names

This example enables the multi-line mode and truncates strings to 8 characters on every line separately.

Newtownmountkennedy Cottonshopeburnfoot Siemieniakowszczyzna Saaranpaskantamasaari Kleinfeltersville
Newtownm Cottonsh Siemieni Saaranpa Kleinfel
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Delete symbols from the
tail of the string.
Truncation length.
(Characters in the output.)
Truncate every string on every line.
If enabled, adds a string fragment
where truncation happened.
(Specify it below.)

Add a Suffix

This example adds a suffix to the truncated string. Notice that suffix characters are counted as part of the final string length.

Fun with strings
Fun with s...
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Delete symbols from the
tail of the string.
Truncation length.
(Characters in the output.)
Truncate every string on every line.
If enabled, adds a string fragment
where truncation happened.
(Specify it below.)

Pro tips Master online string tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinestringtools.com/truncate-string?input=Once%20upon%20a%20time%20in%20a%20kingdom%20far%2C%20far%20away%20there%20was%20a%20developer%20who%20could%20write%2020%2C000%20lines%20of%20code%20per%20day.%20Just%20kidding.%20No%20such%20developer%20exists.&truncate-right=true&length=76&use-postfix=false

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Replace a set of strings with a new set of strings.

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Convert a string to a title.

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Convert a string to proper case.

Capitalize Words in a String

Convert the first letter of every word in a string to uppercase.

Justify a String

Stretch out a string and align it along the left and right margins.

Left-align a String

Align a string to the left.

Format a Multi-line String

Format and align a multi-line string.

Number of Letters in a String

Find how many letters there are in a string.

Number of Words in a String

Find how many words there are in a string.

Number of Lines in a String

Find how many lines there are in a multi-line string.

Number of Paragraphs in a String

Find how many paragraphs there are in a multi-line string.

Sort Letters in a String

Sort all letters in a string alphabetically.

Sort Words in a String

Sort all words in a string alphabetically.

Sort a Numeric String

Sort a string that contains only numbers.

Reverse Words in a String

Reverse the order of all words in a string.

Reverse Sentences in a String

Reverse the order of all sentences in a string.

String Frequency Analysis

Find most frequent letters, words and phrases in a string.

Generate a Custom String

Create a string with specific properties.

Create String Mnemonic

Generate a mnemonic for words in a string.

Create an Anagram from a String

Rearrange letters in a string and create a new string.

Number a Multi-line String

Add line numbers to a multi-line string.

Wrap a String

Wrap strings to the given line length.

Chunkify a String

Split a string into chunks of certain length.

Divide a String into Syllables

Find syllables in a string.

Shuffle Words in a String

Shuffle the order of all words in a string.

Extract Emails from a String

Find and extract all email addresses from a string.

Extract URLs from a String

Find and extract all web addresses from a string.

Zigzagify a String

Make a string go in zigzags.

Circlify a String

Make a string go in a circle.

Squarify a String

Make a string go in a square or a rectangle.

Spiralify a String

Make a string go in a spiral.

Blockify a String

Fit a string in an N-by-M block.

Extract Numbers from a String

Find and extract all numbers from a string.

Calculate String Statistics

Analyze a string's complexity, including entropy.

ROT18 a String

Quickly convert a string to ROT18.

Convert a String to Punycode

Encode a string to punycode.

Convert Punycode to a String

Decode a string from punycode.

QP-encode a String

Convert a string to quoted-printable encoding.

QP-decode a String

Convert quoted-printable encoded data to a string.

Base32-encode a String

Encode a string to base32.

Base32-decode a String

Decode a string from base32.

Base45-encode a String

Encode a string to base45.

Base45-decode a String

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Base58-encode a String

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Base58-decode a String

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Base85-encode a String

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Base85-decode a String

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UTF8-encode a String

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UTF8-decode a String

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UTF16-encode a String

Encode a string to UTF16.

UTF16-decode a String

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UTF32-encode a String

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UTF32-decode a String

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IDN-encode a String

Encode a string to IDN.

IDN-decode a String

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Uuencode a String

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Uudecode a String

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Xxencode a String

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Xxdecode a String

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Strip all HTML tags from a string.

Remove Accent Characters

Remove all diacritical signs from a string.

Add Accent Characters

Randomly add accent characters to letters in a string.

Delete String Symbols

Remove punctuation marks and other symbols from a string.

Delete String Characters

Remove characters from a string.

Delete String Vowels

Remove vowels from a string.

Delete String Consonants

Remove consonants from a string.

Add Duplicate Spaces

Duplicate spaces in a string so one space becomes two.

Remove Duplicate Spaces

Normalize string spacing and remove all duplicate spaces.

Diff Two Strings

Visualy compare and find differences between two strings.

String Levenshtein Distance

Calculate Levenshtein distance between two strings.

String Hamming Distance

Calculate Hamming distance between two strings.

Find LCS of Two Strings

Find the longest common subsequence of two strings.

Rewrite a String

A tiny string rewriting system.

Reduce String Alphabet

Limit the alphabet letters that are used in a string.

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Make a Zalgo String Readable

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Generate Trigrams

Generate all 3-grams of a string.

Generate all N-grams

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Generate N-skip-M-grams

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Tokenize a String

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Lemmatize a String

Lemmatize all words in a string.

Stem a String

Do stemming of all words in a string.

Grep a String

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Head a String

Split a string into fragments and extract the beginning parts.

Tail a String

Split a string into fragments and extract the ending parts.

Convert a String to Hyperstring

Create a hyperstring from a string.

Convert Hyperstring to a String

Create a regular string from a hyperstring.

Convert a String to an Array

Create an array of characters from a string.

Convert a String to Integers

Split a string into characters and return their integer values.

Replace Letters with Digits

Put digits in place of characters in a string.

Fix String Quoting

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Shift a String

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Color a String

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Substitute random characters in a string and make errors.

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Mix Two Strings

Interleave two strings character by character.

Repeat String Characters

Duplicate characters in a string multiple times.

Generate LCD String

Draw a string on an LCD screen.

Generate a Short String

Create a string that doesn't have too many characters.

Generate a Long String

Create a string that has many characters.

Create a String of Certain Length

Generate a string with a certain amount of characters.

Generate Twin Strings

Create two strings that have the twin property.

Generate Triplet Strings

Create three strings that have the triplet property.

Create a String Cloud

Generate a word cloud from all words in a string.

Partition a String

Split a string into multiple substrings.


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