Is Find & Replace free?

Yes. Every VersaTools tool is completely free — no account, no watermark, and no sign-up required.

Is my text sent to a server?

No. All searching and replacing happen locally in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.

How does regex mode work?

Your Find term is treated as a JavaScript regular expression, and the replacement can reference captured groups with $1, $2, or the whole match with $&. If the pattern is invalid, a red message explains the error instead of breaking.

What does Whole word do?

It wraps your search in word boundaries so it only matches complete words. Searching for "cat" then skips "category" and "scatter".

Can I replace only the first match?

Yes. Turn off Replace all and only the first occurrence is changed. The counter then shows 1 when a match is found.

Find & Replace

Text & Linguistics

Find and replace text, with optional regex and case sensitivity.

Options

Find

Replace with

Match caseWhole wordRegex modeReplace all

Input

Result

Enter something to find to start replacing. Processed entirely in your browser.

Tool Overview & Guide

What is Find & Replace?

Find & Replace searches your text for a word, phrase, or pattern and swaps it for something else, showing the result and a live count of how many replacements were made. Turn on Match case, Whole word, or Regex mode for precise control, and use Replace all to change every match or just the first. In regex mode you can reference captured groups like $1 in the replacement, and invalid patterns are flagged cleanly instead of crashing. Everything runs in your browser, so your text is never uploaded.

Technical Specifications & Supported Formats

Processing Engine:Client-side Native JavaScript & WebAssembly

Privacy & Security:100% In-Browser (Zero File Upload)

Supported Formats:All Standard Formats & Code Text

Max File Limit:100 MB

How to use Find & Replace

3 simple steps to complete your task directly in your browser:

Paste your text
Drop the text you want to edit into the Input box. The Result updates live as you set up the find and replace.
Enter find and replace terms
Type what to look for in Find and what to swap it with in Replace with. Leave Replace with empty to simply delete every match.
Fine-tune with toggles
Enable Match case for case-sensitive matching, Whole word to avoid partial hits, and Replace all (on by default) to change every occurrence instead of only the first.

Common uses

Rename a variable or term throughout a document
Delete unwanted characters by replacing them with nothing
Reformat data using regex capture groups
Fix a repeated typo across a long article
Swap straight quotes, dashes, or spacing conventions
Bulk-edit lists, logs, or exported text

Why choose VersaTools

100% private

Your files are processed inside your browser and are never uploaded to a server.

Free, no account

No sign-up, no watermark, no paywalled “premium” tier. Just open a tool and use it.

Instant

No upload, no queue, no server round-trip — work starts the moment you drop a file.

Runs in your browser

Built on open web standards. Works on any modern desktop browser, nothing to install.

No upload size caps

Nothing leaves your device, so there’s no server file-size limit — only your machine’s memory.

Yours to keep

Results download straight to your device in clean, standard file formats.