Find and replace words online

Find and replace is the fastest way to change a repeated term across a document. Whether you need to swap a product name, fix a recurring typo, or update a placeholder before sending a report, a single search string can update every occurrence at once.

This online find and replace tool works on plain text you paste from any source. It mirrors the core workflow you already know from Microsoft Word — enter a find string, enter a replacement, and review the result — without editing the original file format.

Live match and replace counts show how many instances were found before you copy the output. That preview step matters when you are renaming something sensitive: a zero count means the term is missing, and an unexpectedly high count warns you the search term is too broad.

Because processing happens locally in your browser, internal memos, customer lists, and draft contracts never leave your machine.

Microsoft Word find and replace uses Ctrl+H (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+H (Mac) inside the .docx file. When you only have copied text, or you want a quick preview before committing changes, paste into this tool instead.

To find and replace on Word content here: select all in Word (Ctrl+A), copy (Ctrl+C), paste into the source panel, enter your find and replace words, then copy the result back. Word receives plain text — formatting from the original selection is not preserved, which is ideal for bulk terminology swaps in body copy.

How to replace a word in Word with match case: enable Match case in this tool, the same as unchecking “Match case” off in Word’s dialog when you need exact casing. How to replace words in Word without touching partial matches: turn on Whole words only, which matches Word’s “Find whole words only” checkbox.

How to replace in Word when you want only the first hit: disable Replace all occurrences and only the first match changes — useful when you are testing a replacement phrase before applying it everywhere.

Excel find and replace normally lives on the Home ribbon under Find & Select, or with Ctrl+H inside the workbook. When you have exported a column, copied a range, or pasted CSV text into a note, this browser tool gives you the same outcome on the clipboard.

Find and replace in Excel workflows often mean updating SKU prefixes, normalizing country codes, or swapping delimiter characters in a flat export. Paste the column here, run replace all, and paste values back with Paste Special so you do not reintroduce formulas accidentally.

Find and replace excel data cautiously when cells contain commas inside quoted fields — structural CSV edits need a parser. For simple one-to-one word swaps across a pasted block, literal replace is fast and predictable.

After cleanup, paste back into Excel using Paste Values. The live line count helps confirm whether row breaks survived the operation when you copied multi-line cells.

Word find and replace and this tool share the same mental model: a find box, a replace box, and toggles for scope. Replace all occurrences is on by default so you can rename a term across the entire paste in one pass.

Whole words only adds boundaries around your search term so “cat” does not match “category”. That prevents the classic mistake of shortening words when you only meant to replace a standalone token.

Match case treats “Hello” and “hello” as different strings. Leave it off for case-insensitive passes — the same behavior as Word when match case is disabled.

Word find replace shortcuts like Ctrl+H still apply inside Word itself. Use this page when you want a sandbox: the original stays in the source panel until you deliberately copy the result elsewhere.

Developers often reach for vim find and replace or vim search and replace commands such as :%s/old/new/g. Vim search replace is powerful inside a terminal session but awkward on a phone, locked-down laptop, or shared machine without your .vimrc.

Search replace vim patterns use regular expressions by default. This tool focuses on literal find and replace word swaps — paste log excerpts, config snippets, or ticket exports and substitute strings without memorizing vim search/replace syntax.

If you need vim search and replace style patterns with capture groups, test them in our Regex Tester first, then apply simple literal replacements here for the final cleanup pass.

Vim find and replace shines in project-wide edits inside an editor. This page shines when the data is already on your clipboard and you want an immediate preview with match counts before pasting into Word, Excel, or Slack.

Back up the original text before large replacements — keep the source panel unchanged or save a .txt copy. One wrong find string can alter thousands of lines in a single click when replace all is enabled.

Import small .txt, .md, or .csv files when your source is not on the clipboard. Clear all resets find, replace, and source fields when you finish on a shared computer.

Pair with Remove All Whitespace when pasted Word or Excel content includes stray line breaks before you run terminology swaps. Use Case Converter after replacements to fix capitalization. Use Split String when you need columns separated after a bulk rename.

For pattern-based work beyond literal strings, open the Regex Tester to validate expressions, then return here for straightforward word find replace on the cleaned text.