justyourdevHTML Minifier
Strip comments and extra whitespace from HTML.
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HTML minifier
Compress HTML by removing whitespace
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How to use the HTML minifier
Three steps, all in your browser.
- 1
Paste your input
Type or paste your code or data. Press Sample to try an example.
- 2
Pick the style
Choose indentation or options. The result updates as you type.
- 3
Copy the result
Copy the output in one click. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
HTML Minifier: what to know
The HTML minifier removes comments and the whitespace between tags where it's safe. It tokenizes the document rather than using regular expressions, so attribute values are never changed, and the content of <pre> and <textarea> elements, where whitespace is visible, is left exactly as it was. Inline <style> and <script> blocks are kept as they are unless you choose to minify them too.
HTML is whitespace-sensitive between inline elements: two links separated by a line break render with a space between them. That's why whitespace next to block elements such as <div> and <p> is removed, while whitespace between inline elements is collapsed to a single space, so the page should look the same before and after.
Conditional comments for old Internet Explorer versions (<!--[if IE]>) and comments that start with <!--! are kept, since some pages still rely on them. Everything else between <!-- and --> is removed.
Popular uses
- Shrinking static HTML pages without a build step
- Compacting HTML email templates
- Minifying HTML snippets stored in a database or CMS
- Checking how much of a page's size is whitespace
Tips for the best result
- Minify the output, not the template you edit: keep a readable source.
- Compare the page visually after minifying, especially around inline elements and buttons placed side by side.
- Use the HTML formatter to reverse the process when you need to read minified markup.
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