Find & Replace Text — Free Online Tool
Search for specific text and replace it throughout your document. Instantly. No sign-up required.
How to find and replace text
- 1Paste your text into the input area
- 2Enter the text you want to find and the replacement text
- 3Toggle case sensitivity or regex mode as needed
- 4Click 'Replace All' and copy the result
About This Tool
The ability to find and replace text in bulk is one of the most useful text editing operations. Whether you need to update a product name across an entire document, swap out old URLs for new ones, or correct a repeated typo, this tool lets you make every substitution at once instead of editing each instance by hand.
Our free find and replace text tool supports both plain text search and regular expressions. Plain text mode is perfect for simple substitutions, while regex mode unlocks powerful pattern matching for advanced users. You can also toggle case sensitivity to control whether uppercase and lowercase letters are treated as identical during the search.
After each operation, the tool reports exactly how many replacements were made, so you can verify the result before copying. All processing happens locally in your browser, meaning your text is never transmitted to a server. This makes it safe to find and replace text in confidential documents, source code, and private data. There are no usage limits and no account required.
Frequently Asked Questions
Regular expressions (regex) are patterns that describe sets of strings. They allow you to match complex text patterns like email addresses, phone numbers, or any repeating structure. When regex mode is enabled, the 'Find' field is interpreted as a regular expression pattern.
Leave the 'Replace with' field empty. Every occurrence of the search term will be removed from the text.
Yes. When regex mode is enabled, you can use standard JavaScript regular expression syntax including capture groups, character classes, quantifiers, and lookaheads.
The tool will display an error message explaining the problem with your regular expression. Fix the pattern and try again.
No. All find and replace processing happens entirely in your browser. Your text is never transmitted, stored, or logged anywhere.