# Text difference checker

> See what changed between two pieces of text.

[Open tool](https://www.toolcabana.com/ig/text-diff) · [Text and writing](https://www.toolcabana.com/ig/category/text-and-writing)

Tool ID: text-diff. Requested language: ig. Description language: en. Complete guide translation: no; untranslated sections use English.

## Supported tasks (en)

Shows added and removed text. Turn on Ignore whitespace-only changes when spacing between words or indentation at the edges of a line should not count as an edit.

## Steps (en)

1. Paste the original text, then the comparison text.
2. Choose words, lines or characters. Turn on Ignore whitespace-only changes when spacing should not count.
3. Run text difference checker and read the added and removed text.

## Settings

- Comparison text (en; key: comparison; type: textarea)
- Compare by (en; key: level; type: select): words [en], lines [en], characters [en]
- Ignore whitespace-only changes (en; key: ignoreWhitespace; type: checkbox). Word comparison treats spacing between words as the same. Line comparison ignores leading and trailing spaces on each line. Character comparison collapses spaces and tabs before comparing. (en)

## Limitations (en)

Text operations generally accept up to 2,000,000 characters. Individual parsers, generators and formulas apply additional limits shown by their controls.

## Example input

```text
Hello world.
A second line.
Café, İstanbul, 日本語, and 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.
```

## Privacy and connections (en)

This operation processes its source in your browser. Copy and download are explicit actions; source input is not saved in an account or history.

## Questions (en)

### What does text difference checker do?

Shows added and removed text. Turn on Ignore whitespace-only changes when spacing between words or indentation at the edges of a line should not count as an edit.

### Where is my input processed?

This operation processes its source in your browser. Copy and download are explicit actions; source input is not saved in an account or history.

### What are the input limits?

Text operations generally accept up to 2,000,000 characters. Individual parsers, generators and formulas apply additional limits shown by their controls.

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