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 & Replace Tool fits early-stage writing and editing workflows: draft in your editor, paste here for counts or transforms, then return to your document. Because processing is local, you can use client-confidential or embargoed copy without sending it to a cloud service. When working with very large texts, split into sections if the browser becomes sluggish.
Common use cases
- Find and replace text with regex support - a common daily workflow on Utilitoo.
- Preparing find replace tool output for blog posts, documentation, or social content.
- Batch-processing copy for editors, marketers, or technical writers on deadline.
- Checking find replace tool metrics when a word processor's built-in counter is unavailable.
- Cross-checking Find & Replace Tool output against a colleague's result during pair debugging or code review.
Tips & common mistakes
Find & Replace Tool processes your text locally in the browser - nothing is sent to Utilitoo's servers. For best results, paste plain text rather than rich-formatted content when the tool expects raw input. Keep a copy of the original before applying destructive transforms like sorting or deduplication, so you can revert if the output is not what you expected. For long documents, Find & Replace Tool may take a second to process in the browser. Combine with Remove Extra Spaces or Remove Duplicate Lines when cleaning text exported from PDFs or web pages. If you need both word and character counts, run Word Counter and Character Counter on the same paste.
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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