How do I wrap a long paragraph to 80 columns?

Paste the paragraph into the input, leave Column width at 80, and read the result on the right. Each line in the output stops at or before column 80 and a real newline starts the next one. For example a 240-character paragraph becomes three or four lines of roughly 80 characters each, and because the breaks are actual newlines they survive copy-paste into any editor that does not soft wrap on its own.

What is the difference between word-boundary and force-cut wrapping?

Word-boundary mode (the default) never splits a word: if a word would push the line past the limit it moves to the next line whole, and a word longer than the whole width simply overflows on its own line. Force-cut mode breaks anywhere, so a 120-character URL at width 40 becomes three 40-character chunks. Use word mode for prose you want to read, force-cut when a hard column limit matters more than keeping words intact, like fixed-width data.

How do I add a quote prefix like the > in email replies?

Set Line prefix to Quote and every output line starts with a greater-than and a space, exactly how plain-text email and Markdown quote a passage. The prefix is counted against the column width, so at width 80 with a 2-character prefix each line holds 78 characters of text plus the marker and the whole line still ends at 80. The same works for a comment prefix of two slashes or a bullet for a list.

Does it keep my paragraphs?

Yes, by default. Keep paragraphs treats one or more blank lines as a paragraph break: each block is wrapped on its own and the blank line between blocks is preserved, so a two-paragraph note stays two paragraphs. Turn the option off when you want every single line wrapped independently with no special handling of blank lines, which is handy when the input is already a list of separate entries rather than flowing prose.

Why do emails and code use 72 or 80 columns?

Plain-text email settled on 72 because quoting adds a > marker on each reply level and 72 plus a few levels of quoting still fits the old 80-column terminal. Code uses 80 for the same terminal heritage and because side-by-side diffs and split editor panes read better when no line runs off the edge. Wrapping at 72 for an email body or 80 for a comment keeps your text readable in the widest range of clients and viewers.

Wrap an email body to 72 columns before sending

You drafted a plain-text email in an editor that soft-wraps, so on screen it looks fine, but the body is really a handful of giant single lines. Paste it here, set the width to 72, keep paragraphs on, and copy the result back. Now the recipient sees neat lines no matter how narrow their mail client is, and quoting your message in a reply will not produce ragged, runaway lines.

Fit a long comment inside an 80-column code style

Your team's linter caps comment lines at 80 columns and a long explanation you pasted in blew past it. Drop the text in, set width to 80, choose the comment prefix of two slashes, and every wrapped line comes out already prefixed and within budget. Paste it straight back above the function and the linter stays quiet.

Reflow a Markdown quote block for a clean diff

You are quoting a long passage in a Markdown doc and want each line under a sane width so the pull-request diff is readable. Set the quote prefix, pick a width like 80, and the tool wraps the passage with a greater-than marker on every line. The result drops into the document as a tidy block quote that reviews cleanly line by line.

Hard-wrap a paragraph for a fixed-width text field

A legacy form, a terminal banner or an old ticketing system only renders monospace text at a fixed width and will not wrap for you. Paste your paragraph, set the exact column the field expects, and copy the hard-wrapped output. Every line lands inside the box instead of scrolling off the right edge or getting clipped.

Text Wrap, Hard-Wrap Text at Any Column Width

Hard-wrap text at any column width, by word or by character, with optional line prefix, all in your browser

Runs locally
Category Text
Best for Removing repetitive cleanup work from everyday writing and operations.

Column widthHow to wrapLine prefix

Keep paragraphs (blank lines)

Input lines

Output lines

Longest in

Longest out

Paste your text

Wrapped result

What this tool does

Free online text wrap tool that inserts real line breaks at a fixed column width so your text fits inside email bodies, code comments, README files and plain-text documents. Most editors only soft wrap: the text looks fine on screen but stays one long line underneath, so it re-flows into a mess the moment it lands in a narrower window. This tool hard-wraps at the column you choose (80 by default), so the wrapping travels with the text wherever you paste it. Pick word-boundary wrapping to never split a word, or force-cut mode to break even a long URL at the exact column. Add a line prefix such as a quote marker, a comment slashes or a list bullet, and it is counted toward the width budget. Paragraphs separated by blank lines are kept apart and wrapped on their own. Everything runs as plain JavaScript in your tab with one-click copy and a shareable link. 100% client-side, nothing is uploaded.

Tool details

Input: Files + Text + Numbers; The page exposes text boxes, numeric controls, file pickers, or structured inputs depending on the tool.
Output: Live result + Copy; The result area focuses on usable output, with copy, download, or preview actions when supported.
Privacy: Browser-side processing; The main tool logic does not call an external API, so inputs normally stay in the current tab.
Save / share: Shareable URL state; Key settings are encoded in the URL so another person can reopen the same setup.
Performance budget: Initial JS <= 9 KB; No WASM budget is declared, keeping the tool quick to open on mobile.
Best fit: Text · Developer; Category and role tags drive related tools, internal links, and quick fit checks.

How to use

1. Input

Paste or drop your content into the tool panel.
2. Process

Click the button. All processing is local in your browser.
3. Copy / Download

Copy the result or download to disk in one click.

How Text Wrap fits into your work

Use it to clean, compare, reshape, or extract plain text before it goes into a document, CMS, spreadsheet, or prompt.

Text jobs

Removing repetitive cleanup work from everyday writing and operations.
Making text easier to compare, paste, publish, or feed into another tool.
Working with content locally when the text is private or unfinished.

Text checks

Scan for unintended whitespace, duplicate lines, and lost punctuation.
For long text, test the first few lines before applying the whole change.
Copy the final output only after checking the preview.

Good next steps

These links move the current task into a more complete workflow.

Real-world use cases

Wrap an email body to 72 columns before sending
You drafted a plain-text email in an editor that soft-wraps, so on screen it looks fine, but the body is really a handful of giant single lines. Paste it here, set the width to 72, keep paragraphs on, and copy the result back. Now the recipient sees neat lines no matter how narrow their mail client is, and quoting your message in a reply will not produce ragged, runaway lines.
Fit a long comment inside an 80-column code style
Your team's linter caps comment lines at 80 columns and a long explanation you pasted in blew past it. Drop the text in, set width to 80, choose the comment prefix of two slashes, and every wrapped line comes out already prefixed and within budget. Paste it straight back above the function and the linter stays quiet.
Reflow a Markdown quote block for a clean diff
You are quoting a long passage in a Markdown doc and want each line under a sane width so the pull-request diff is readable. Set the quote prefix, pick a width like 80, and the tool wraps the passage with a greater-than marker on every line. The result drops into the document as a tidy block quote that reviews cleanly line by line.
Hard-wrap a paragraph for a fixed-width text field
A legacy form, a terminal banner or an old ticketing system only renders monospace text at a fixed width and will not wrap for you. Paste your paragraph, set the exact column the field expects, and copy the hard-wrapped output. Every line lands inside the box instead of scrolling off the right edge or getting clipped.

Common pitfalls

Forgetting the prefix eats into the width. If you wrap at 80 and then manually add a quote marker afterward, the prefixed lines become 82. Set the prefix inside the tool instead, so it is subtracted from the column budget and the finished lines actually end at 80.
Using word-boundary mode on data with very long tokens and expecting a hard limit. A 100-character URL will overflow its line because word mode never splits a word. When the column cap is non-negotiable, switch to force-cut so even unbreakable tokens are cut at the width.
Wrapping text that still has its original soft-wrap breaks in it. If the input already has a newline after every visual line, wrapping just re-wraps the existing short lines oddly. Join it back into full paragraphs first with a remove-line-breaks tool, then wrap to the width you want.

Privacy

Every step, splitting into lines, measuring the column width, inserting breaks and adding the prefix, is plain JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab. The text you paste never leaves the page and nothing is logged. The one caveat: the shareable link encodes your input and options in the query string, so a link you paste into chat will record that text in the recipient server's access log. For anything confidential, use the copy button and paste the wrapped text rather than sharing the URL.

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Text Wrap, Hard-Wrap Text at Any Column Width

What this tool does

Tool details

How to use

1. Input

2. Process

3. Copy / Download

How Text Wrap fits into your work

Text jobs

Text checks

Good next steps

Real-world use cases

Wrap an email body to 72 columns before sending

Fit a long comment inside an 80-column code style

Reflow a Markdown quote block for a clean diff

Hard-wrap a paragraph for a fixed-width text field

Common pitfalls

Privacy

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