Text Reverser
Reverse text by characters, words or lines. Optional preserve-line-order for word reversal.
Quick answer: Reverse text by characters, words or lines. Optional preserve-line-order for word reversal.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I reverse text online?
- Paste the text and pick a reverse mode. Characters mode flips letter-by-letter, Words flips the word order, Lines flips the line order. Result is live — copy with one click.
- Can I reverse words instead of letters?
- Yes. Pick Words mode — "the quick fox" becomes "fox quick the". Letters within each word stay in order.
- Does reversing text keep punctuation?
- In Characters mode, punctuation is reversed along with everything else. In Words mode, punctuation moves with its word, so capitalisation and end-of-sentence marks may end up out of place.
- Can I reverse a sentence and keep spacing?
- Yes. Words mode preserves the single space between words. Characters mode reverses the spaces too — useful for puzzles, less so for normal text.
- Is there a way to reverse each line separately?
- Yes. Toggle "Preserve line order" with Words mode active — each line's words are reversed independently while the lines themselves stay in order.
- Can I reverse text for a palindrome check?
- Yes. Pick Characters mode and compare the output to the input — if they match (ignoring case and spaces), it's a palindrome.
- Why would someone reverse text?
- For puzzles, pranks, palindrome checks, formatting tricks (right-to-left effect for visual layouts), and as a quick obfuscation technique.
- Can I reverse text in Excel?
- Excel needs a formula like =TEXTJOIN("",TRUE,MID(A1,LEN(A1)-ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))+1,1)). Pasting into this tool is much faster.
- Can I reverse Unicode characters?
- Yes — the reverser handles emoji, accents and CJK characters correctly by treating each visible glyph as one unit.
- Can I reverse text on mobile?
- Yes. Works in any mobile browser.