Find & Replace

Find and replace text using plain strings or regular expressions. Supports case-insensitive, whole-word, multiline, and global modes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Enable "Use regex" and use $1, $2, etc. in the replacement to reference capture groups. For example, find (\w+)\s(\w+) and replace with $2 $1 to swap two words. Named groups use $<name>.
Leave the "Replace with" field empty. The matched text will be removed and replaced with an empty string, effectively deleting it from the output.
With multiline mode on, the anchors ^ and $ match the start and end of each line, not just the start and end of the entire string. This is essential when using regex to target line beginnings or endings.
Enable Use regex to treat the Find field as a regular expression pattern instead of a literal string. For example, \d+ matches any sequence of digits, and [a-z]+ matches lowercase words. If your regex has a syntax error, an error message will appear explaining the issue.
In case-sensitive mode (default), "Apple" and "apple" are different strings. In case-insensitive mode, the search ignores letter case, so "apple" matches "Apple", "APPLE", and "aPpLe".
Enable Use regex and wrap your search term with word boundary anchors: \bword\b. For example, \bcat\b matches "cat" but not "catch", "concatenate", or "tomcat".
Replace all (the g flag, enabled by default) replaces every occurrence of the match in the text. Replace one (uncheck "Replace all occurrences") replaces only the first occurrence found.
Enable Use regex and use parentheses in the Find pattern to create capture groups. Then reference them in the Replace field with $1, $2, etc. For example: Find (\w+), (\w+), Replace $2 $1 — this swaps "Smith, John" to "John Smith".
In regex mode, characters like . * + ? ^ $ { } [ ] | ( ) \ have special meaning. Prefix them with a backslash to match literally: \. matches a literal period. When Use regex is disabled, all special characters are automatically escaped.
Common uses include: renaming a variable across a code snippet (\bmyVar\b → newVar); reformatting dates with capture groups; stripping HTML tags with <[^>]+> → (empty); removing extra whitespace with \s+ → space; and adding a prefix to each line with ^ → prefix (multiline mode).

About This Find & Replace Tool

This free find and replace tool searches any text for a string or regular expression pattern and replaces all matches with a replacement string. Supports case-sensitive search, regex, and multiline anchors — all processing happens in your browser.

When to use this tool

  • Batch-replacing a variable name or term across copied code
  • Normalising inconsistent spellings in a document
  • Replacing placeholder text in a template
  • Stripping unwanted characters or patterns from pasted data

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