Find & Replace
Bulk find and replace text.
Bulk find and replace text.
How to use Find & Replace
- Paste your source text into the tool
- Type what to find and what to replace it with
- Toggle match case, whole word, or regex mode
- Copy the updated text with its replacement count
About Find & Replace
Find & Replace swaps text across any block of content in a single pass. Paste your source into the editor, type the word or phrase to find and what to replace it with, and the tool rewrites every matching occurrence at once while showing a live count of how many replacements were made, along with the character length of both the source and the result. It works on anything you can select and copy as plain text — a paragraph, a full document, a code snippet, or text you pull out of a PDF or a spreadsheet cell and paste back in.
Three toggles handle the tricky cases. Match case keeps the search case-sensitive, so "Cat" and "cat" stay separate; whole word replaces only standalone terms, so searching "cat" leaves the "cat" inside "category" untouched; and regex mode unlocks full JavaScript regular expressions, letting you match several different words in one go with an alternation like cat|dog and reuse captured groups such as $1 in the replacement. If a pattern is invalid it shows a clear message instead of touching your text, and when you are done one click copies the finished result out.
The whole thing is free — no account, no sign-up, no usage limits, and no watermarks. Every replacement runs in your browser with plain JavaScript, so your source text, search terms, and results never leave your device and nothing is uploaded to a server.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this find and replace tool free?
- Yes, it is completely free to use with no account, no sign-up, and no usage limits. You can run as many find-and-replace operations online as you like.
- Is my text uploaded or stored anywhere?
- No. All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your source text, search terms, and results never leave your device and are never sent to a server.
- Does it support regular expressions?
- Yes. Enable the Use regex option to search with full JavaScript regular expressions, including character classes, quantifiers, and capture groups. You can reference captured groups in the replacement with $1, $2, and so on.
- What do match case and whole word do?
- Match case makes the search case-sensitive, so 'Cat' will not match 'cat'. Whole word only replaces standalone occurrences, so searching 'cat' will not match the 'cat' inside 'category'.
- How is the replacement count calculated?
- The tool counts every occurrence of your search term that was replaced and shows the total, along with the character length of both the source and the result, so you can confirm the change worked as expected.
- What happens if I enter an invalid regular expression?
- The tool detects the error and shows a clear message instead of crashing or changing your text, so you can fix the pattern and try again.
- Can I find and replace text in a PDF online?
- You can replace the text from a PDF, but not the PDF file itself. Copy the text out of your PDF, paste it into the box, run your replacement, then paste the result back. Because it handles plain text, the original layout, fonts, and images are not preserved.
- Does this work for find and replace in Excel or a spreadsheet?
- It is not a spreadsheet editor, but you can copy a column or a range of cells, paste the text here, replace the terms, and paste it back. For simple in-cell edits, most spreadsheets also have their own find and replace, usually under Ctrl+H.
- Can I find and replace multiple words at once?
- Each run swaps one search term for one replacement across every occurrence at once. To catch several different words in a single pass, turn on regex and separate them with a pipe, for example old1|old2|old3. You can also chain runs by replacing the result again.
- Is this an online text editor with find and replace?
- Yes. Paste or type your content into the editor, make your replacements, and copy the finished text out. It is a lightweight find-and-replace editor rather than a full word processor, so there is no formatting or saved files, just fast text editing.