Find & Replace Tool
Find and replace text with regex support.
Bulk text editing - updating URLs in a list, renaming variables in a config export, or fixing repeated typos across paragraphs - is tedious without find and replace. Utilitoo's Find & Replace Tool searches your text for a pattern and substitutes matches with your replacement string, with optional regex and replace-all modes.
Developers refactoring code snippets, data analysts cleaning CSV exports, and content editors updating terminology across documents all rely on find and replace daily. Regex mode unlocks pattern-based matching for advanced transformations.
Paste your text, enter find and replace values, toggle regex or replace-all as needed, and click Replace. The output shows the modified text with a replacement count. Pair with Regex Tester to validate patterns or Remove Duplicate Lines for list cleanup.
All processing runs locally in your browser on Utilitoo. Your text is never uploaded. Free for developers, editors, and data workers.
Find and Replace updates matching text in a paste without uploading the document. It is ideal for quick cleanups that do not deserve a full IDE session. Document the before/after pattern in your commit message when the paste came from a shared CMS. Undo is your friend - keep the original buffer until you verify.
Common use cases
- Bulk-fixing placeholders in a pasted template before send.
- Normalizing British vs American spelling in a draft.
- Stripping consistent prefixes from log lines.
- Updating renamed product terms across a FAQ dump.
- Cleaning CSV-ish text when a full spreadsheet is unnecessary.
Tips & common mistakes
Preview replacements mentally on a small sample first - global replace is easy to over-apply. Keep an original copy. Regex mode (if offered) needs careful escaping. Run replace on a duplicate paste first, then copy the result back to your source doc. Case-sensitive mode prevents accidental changes to titles. Remove Duplicate Lines may help after you normalize repeated boilerplate.
Common errors
- Replacing a short token that appears inside longer words unintentionally.
- Case-sensitive mismatches when the draft mixes capitalization.
How to use
- Enter find and replace values.
- Apply to text.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find and replace text online?▼
Paste text, enter find and replace values in Utilitoo, and click Replace to see the updated output.
Does it support regular expressions?▼
Yes. Enable regex mode for pattern-based find and replace.
Can I replace only the first match?▼
Yes. Disable replace-all to change only the first occurrence.
How many replacements were made?▼
Utilitoo shows the replacement count after processing.
Is my text uploaded?▼
No. All find and replace runs locally in your browser on Utilitoo.
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