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Pretty-print, minify and validate XML in your browser — pick the indent size and spot errors by line. Free and private.

Everything runs in your browser — your XML never leaves your device.

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formatted.xml

							
</> Formatted XML appears here

About XML Formatter & Beautifier

The XML formatter pretty-prints, minifies and validates XML documents in the browser. Beautify mode re-indents nested elements with your chosen indent — two spaces, four spaces or tabs — while Minify strips inter-element whitespace to produce the smallest well-formed output.

Validation runs as you type: well-formed documents get a "Valid XML" badge with node and line counts, while malformed input is flagged with the approximate error line, so you can find an unclosed tag or stray ampersand quickly. That makes the tool double as a lightweight XML validator for config files, sitemaps, RSS feeds and SOAP payloads.

Everything happens locally — your XML never leaves your device, which matters for configuration files containing credentials or internal URLs. Copy the result or download it as formatted.xml.

How to use XML Formatter & Beautifier

  1. Paste or type XML into the input pane, or load the sample document.
  2. Pick Beautify to pretty-print or Minify to compact the markup.
  3. Choose the indent style: 2 spaces, 4 spaces or tab.
  4. Check the validity badge — errors show the approximate line so you can fix them.
  5. Copy the output or download formatted.xml.

Frequently asked questions

It checks well-formedness — matched tags, proper nesting, legal characters — and reports the approximate error line when parsing fails. It does not validate against a DTD or XSD schema.

Yes. Minify removes insignificant whitespace between elements while keeping the document well-formed, reducing payload size for feeds and API responses.

Common causes are an unclosed or mismatched tag, an unescaped & or <, multiple root elements, or an encoding mismatch. The error line hint points near the first problem.

No. Parsing, formatting and validation all run in your browser, so config files and private payloads stay on your machine.

Yes — free, unlimited and no sign-up.


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