Find and Replace Text
Free online find and replace tool. Search text and replace every occurrence instantly with case-sensitive, whole-word, and regular expression modes. Live match count and preview. 100% client-side, no signup.
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What is Find and Replace Text?
Find and Replace is a free online text tool that searches your text for any word, phrase, or pattern and swaps every match for replacement text in real time. Paste in an article, a block of code, a CSV, or any text, enter what to find and what to replace it with, and the tool shows a live match count and an instantly-updated result. Three matching modes cover every need: plain case-insensitive search, case-sensitive matching for exact capitalization, whole-word mode that respects word boundaries, and regular expression mode for power users who need pattern-based substitutions such as capturing groups and backreferences. Everything runs in your browser, so confidential or unpublished text stays completely private.
Key Benefits
- Replaces every occurrence across long documents instantly without manual editing
- Live match count tells you exactly how many replacements will happen
- Case-sensitive, whole-word, and regex modes cover simple to advanced use cases
- Chain replacements by sending the result back as input for multi-step workflows
- 100% client-side processing keeps sensitive text completely private
Common Use Cases
- •Editors and writers correcting a recurring typo or swapping a character name across a manuscript
- •Developers updating variable names, API endpoints, or boilerplate across code snippets and configs
- •Marketers personalizing templates by replacing placeholders like {{name}} or {{company}}
- •Data analysts cleaning up delimiter characters, quotes, or stray symbols in CSV or TSV data
- •Translators and localization teams standardizing terminology across bilingual documents
How to Use Find and Replace
- Paste your text: Type or paste the text you want to edit into the input box. You can work with anything from a single sentence to a long document.
- Enter find and replace terms: Type the word or phrase you want to find in the Find field, and the replacement text in the Replace with field. The result updates instantly as you type.
- Choose matching options: Toggle Match case for exact capitalization, Whole word to avoid partial matches inside other words, or Regular expression for pattern-based matching. Watch the match count update live.
- Copy or chain the result: Click Copy to send the replaced text to your clipboard, or Use as input to feed the result back in for another round of find-and-replace.
Key Features
- Real-time replacement preview updates as you type the search and replacement text
- Case-sensitive toggle matches exact capitalization for precise replacements
- Whole-word mode uses word boundaries so partial matches inside other words are skipped
- Regular expression mode powers advanced pattern-based substitutions
- Live match count shows exactly how many replacements will occur
- Send the result back as input to chain multiple find-and-replace passes