Limit Character Repetition

This tool allows you to set a custom limit for how many times a character can appear consecutively in text. For example, with a limit of 2, 'loooove' becomes 'loove', and 'yessssss' becomes 'yess'. Unlike tools that remove all duplicates, this preserves natural spelling (like 'book', 'speed', 'cool') while cleaning up exaggerated repetitions. It's perfect for normalizing social media text, cleaning spam, or preparing data for analysis.

Removing all duplicates (limit 1) would change 'cool' to 'col' and 'speed' to 'sped', destroying natural spelling. This tool lets you keep natural doubles (and triples if needed) but fix exaggerated ones. For English text, a limit of 2 is ideal since very few words have 3+ identical consecutive letters. This gives you fine-grained control instead of aggressive removal.

For English text, a limit of 2 is recommended as it preserves words like 'book', 'speed', 'happy' while cleaning up exaggerations like 'cooool' or 'happyyyyyyy'. For other languages or specific use cases, you can adjust: Limit 1 removes all consecutive duplicates (aggressive), Limit 2 preserves natural doubles (balanced), Limit 3 allows more repetition (lenient). The tool supports limits from 1 to 10, giving you complete flexibility.

Yes! Click Upload to load .txt or .md files directly. The tool reads your file locally (never uploads to a server) and applies your chosen limit. After processing, click Download to save the cleaned text with a timestamped filename. This is perfect for batch cleaning large documents, chat logs, social media exports, or datasets without manual copy-paste.

Batch mode processes each line of your input independently, applying the character limit to every line separately. This is useful for: (1) Lists of items where each entry should be cleaned separately, (2) Datasets where rows are independent, (3) Multi-line text where line breaks matter. Toggle batch mode ON in the options when working with structured multi-line data.

The tool uses a regex pattern to find any sequence of consecutive identical characters, then slices it to your specified limit. For example, with limit 2: 'aaa' → 'aa' (keeps first 2), 'bbbbbb' → 'bb' (keeps first 2). It works on all characters equally - letters, numbers, punctuation, spaces. The algorithm is efficient and processes texts of any size instantly in your browser.

Yes! Click 'Show Comparison' to enable side-by-side comparison mode. This displays your original text on top and the processed text below, with color-coded headers (red for original, green for processed). You can easily see exactly what changed before copying or downloading. The comparison view includes scroll for long texts and shows the current limit value in the header.

Absolutely. This tool uses 100% client-side processing - all text manipulation happens in your browser on your device. No data is ever sent to any server. Your files, text, and settings never leave your computer. This privacy-first approach ensures maximum security and speed, especially important when working with sensitive data, personal messages, or confidential documents.

Common uses include: Social media normalization - Clean exaggerated posts like 'Wowwwww!!!' to 'Wow!'; Spam filtering - Remove excessive repetition from spam messages; Data cleaning - Prepare datasets by limiting character repetitions; Chat log processing - Normalize messaging app exports; Content moderation - Clean user-generated content while preserving intent; Text preprocessing - Prepare text for NLP or sentiment analysis by normalizing emphasis patterns.

The tool displays 5 key metrics: (1) Input Characters - original text length, (2) Output Characters - processed text length, (3) Limited - number of characters removed by limiting, (4) Max Limit - your current limit setting, (5) Reduction % - percentage of characters removed. These statistics help you understand the impact of your limit choice and optimize for your specific use case.