Reverse Text
Reverse characters, including emoji clusters as code points.
Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.
What Reverse Text does
Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.
Practical limit for Reverse Text: Reverses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Max 200,000 characters. That is why output can differ from heavy desktop Text software. Read the tool-specific note again: Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.
How to use Reverse Text
- Keep this tab on Reverse Text (/reverse-text). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Sort Lines) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input Reverse Text expects. Path hint: reverse text. Reverse characters, including emoji clusters as code points.
- Apply the Reverse Text action only. Find and Replace is a different transform (Replace literal text.). Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.
- Copy the output of Reverse Text if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Reverses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Max 200,000 characters.
- If the text job is actually Sort lines A–Z, Z–A, or as numbers., leave Reverse Text and open Sort Lines.
When not to use Reverse Text
Skip Reverse Text when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Sort Lines or Find and Replace — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.
Questions about Reverse Text
- What does Reverse Text do that other Text pages on this site do not?
- Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd. Short version: Reverse characters, including emoji clusters as code points.
- Does Reverse Text upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Reverse Text runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Reverses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Max 200,000 characters.
- Should I use Sort Lines instead of Reverse Text?
- Use Reverse Text when you need Reverse characters, including emoji clusters as code points. Use Sort Lines when you need Sort lines A–Z, Z–A, or as numbers. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Reverse Text?
- Reverses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Max 200,000 characters. Also: Uses Unicode code points, not grapheme clusters. Combining marks may look odd.