Online XML Formatter & Beautifier

Format, minify, and validate your XML data. Essential tool for developers working with SOAP, RSS, or config files.

XML Input
Raw XML
Formatted Result
Clean XML

Why format XML?

Visualization

Raw XML is often a single long string. Formatting breaks it down into a tree structure, making it easy to see parent-child relationships and attributes.

Error Detection

Our formatter helps spot structural errors like unclosed tags or mismatched elements by attempting to parse and layout the document logicially.

Live Example
Input<note><to>Tove</to><from>Jani</from></note>
Formatted
<note>
  <to>Tove</to>
  <from>Jani</from>
</note>

Capabilities

This tool is designed for performance and privacy:

  • Formats: Supports standard XML 1.0/1.1 syntax.
  • Minification: Capable of stripping all whitespace to reduce file size.
  • Local Execution: No data is uploaded; everything happens in your browser's memory.

How to Format and Minify XML

  1. Paste your XML string into the editor.
  2. Use the "Minify Output" toggle if you want to remove all whitespace for production use.
  3. Otherwise, select an indentation level and click Format to beautify the code.
  4. Inspect the tree structure, copy the result, or save it as an .xml file.

Common Uses

Data Interchange

XML is widely used in APIs (SOAP), RSS feeds, and sitemaps. Formatting these files ensures they are structurally correct before deployment.

Configuration Files

Many systems (like Android manifest files, Java Spring configs) use XML. A formatter helps maintain clean, readable configuration files.