Hidden Character Identifier
Hidden Character Identifier
Detect and identify hidden, invisible, and control characters in your text. Find zero-width spaces, non-breaking spaces, control codes, and Unicode formatting characters.
Text to Analyze
Paste your text to scan for hidden and invisible characters
Sample Texts
Analysis Summary
Total length
0
Visible chars
0
Hidden/invisible
0
Control chars
0
Whitespace
0
Issues found
0
What We Detect
- • Control characters: NULL, TAB, CR, LF, DEL, etc.
- • Zero-width spaces: ZWSP, ZWNJ, ZWJ
- • Non-breaking spaces: NBSP and variants
- • Unicode formatting: BOM, directional marks
- • Special spaces: En space, Em space, Hair space
- • Invisible characters: Various Unicode invisibles
Common Issues
- • Copy-paste artifacts: Hidden formatting from documents
- • Web scraping: Non-breaking spaces from HTML
- • Data imports: Control characters from CSV/databases
- • Encoding problems: BOM markers, directional text
- • Malicious text: Hidden characters for obfuscation
- • Form validation: Invisible spaces breaking validation

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