Reverse Text
Flip your text backwards — reverse the characters, the word order, the lines or whole paragraphs. Free, instant and private — everything runs in your browser and is never uploaded.
How to reverse text online
- Type or paste your text. Add a word, sentence or whole paragraph to the box above.
- Choose a reverse mode. Flip every character, reverse the order of words, or turn the lines upside down — the result updates instantly.
- Copy or download. Send the reversed text to your clipboard or save it as a plain
.txtfile.
About this tool
This free reverse text tool flips text in several different ways. “Reverse characters” turns hello into olleh; “Reverse word order” turns the quick fox into fox quick the; and “Reverse line order” flips a list from top to bottom. People use it to create mirror-writing puzzles and secret messages, to check palindromes, to reverse a list quickly, or just for fun social-media captions. The per-line modes keep each line separate, which is handy when working with lists.
Character reversal is Unicode-aware: the tool iterates real characters with Array.from, so multi-byte symbols and most emoji stay intact rather than being split into broken halves. All processing happens locally in your browser — your text is never sent to a server, so it stays completely private, and the tool keeps working even if you go offline.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between reversing characters and words?
Reversing characters flips the whole string letter by letter, so “Hello world” becomes “dlrow olleH”. Reversing word order keeps each word spelled correctly but puts them in the opposite sequence, so “Hello world” becomes “world Hello”.
Does it handle emoji and accented letters correctly?
Mostly, yes. The tool splits text into Unicode code points with Array.from, so accented letters and standard emoji are not broken apart. Very complex emoji made of several joined parts (like some family or flag emoji) may still separate, because those are multiple code points combined.
Can I use this to check for palindromes?
Yes. Reverse your text with the “Reverse characters” mode and compare it to the original — if they match (ignoring spaces, case and punctuation), the text is a palindrome.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. Reversing runs entirely in your browser with JavaScript. Nothing you type is sent to a server or stored, so it is safe for private notes and messages.