XML Formatter
Format, minify, and explore XML as a tree with one-click XPath copy.
Free & unlimited
Mode
Input XML
Formatted
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<note>
<to>User</to>
<from>Toolchamp</from>
<body>Hello</body>
</note>
All processing happens in your browser. No data is sent to any server.
About this tool
- 1
Paste or upload XML
Enter your XML content in the input area or upload an .xml file.
- 2
Format the document
Click Format to apply consistent indentation and line breaks throughout the XML.
- 3
Validate
The tool checks for well-formedness errors like unclosed tags, mismatched elements, and invalid characters.
- 4
Copy or download
Copy the formatted XML or download it as a properly indented .xml file.
- Use 2-space indentation for compact files or 4-space for better readability in complex documents.
- The validator catches common errors like unclosed tags, mismatched tag names, and duplicate attributes.
- Enable attribute sorting to normalize XML for consistent diffs in version control.
- Collapse empty elements (<tag></tag> to <tag/>) for cleaner output.
- Pretty-prints XML with configurable indentation
- Validates well-formedness and reports errors with line numbers
- Sorts attributes alphabetically for consistency
- Collapses empty elements to self-closing tags
- Syntax highlighting with color-coded tags, attributes, and values
- Format minified XML API responses for debugging and inspection
- Validate XML configuration files before deploying to production
- Clean up auto-generated XML from tools and libraries
- Normalize XML files for consistent version control diffs
The tool checks for well-formedness (valid XML structure). Full XSD schema validation is not currently supported.
Yes. The formatter processes XML efficiently in the browser and handles files up to several megabytes without issues.
Yes. CDATA sections, comments, and processing instructions are all preserved during formatting.