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XML Formatter
Pretty-print or minify XML with real parse errors on bad input.
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TOOL XML-FORMATTE
What this tool does
About the xml formatter
Browser-parser backed: malformed XML is named, not mangled.
How to use it
- Paste the XML.
- Choose pretty or minify.
- Fix any named parse error.
- Copy the result.
Useful for
- Make a SOAP/RSS/config payload readable.
- Minify XML for transmission.
- Locate the exact malformation in broken XML.
Straight answers
XML Formatter FAQ
Why so strict about errors?
XML is strict by specification — one unclosed tag invalidates the document, and consumers will reject it. Surfacing the parser’s exact complaint beats producing pretty-looking broken output.
Will it preserve my comments?
Yes — comments and CDATA-ish text survive; whitespace BETWEEN elements is normalised, which is what formatting means. Significant-whitespace documents are rare and know who they are.