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CSS Beautifier

Paste minified or messy CSS below to format and beautify it instantly. Makes CSS readable with proper indentation and spacing.

What is CSS Beautification?

CSS beautification is the opposite of minification. It takes compressed or minified CSS and adds proper indentation, line breaks, and spacing to make it human readable. If you have ever needed to read or debug a minified CSS file you know how difficult it is without formatting.

This tool is useful when you receive a minified CSS file from a client or third party, when you want to understand what a CSS framework is doing, or when you need to edit a file that was generated by a build tool.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Paste your minified or poorly formatted CSS into the left input box.
  2. Choose your preferred indentation style.
  3. Click Beautify CSS to see the formatted output on the right.
  4. Click Copy Output to copy the beautified CSS to your clipboard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between beautify and minify?

Beautifying adds whitespace and indentation to make code readable. Minifying removes all whitespace to make the file as small as possible. Use our CSS Minifier tool to minify CSS for production and this tool to beautify it for editing.

Will beautified CSS work the same as minified CSS?

Yes. Adding whitespace does not change how CSS works. Browsers ignore whitespace when parsing CSS rules. The styles will look exactly the same.

Is my CSS safe?

Yes. Everything runs in your browser. Your code is never sent to any server.