Keyword List Cleaner
Paste a messy keyword list from GSC, Ahrefs, SEMrush or a competitor scrape — get a clean, deduplicated, prioritised list. Strip case, punctuation, stopwords, branded and navigational queries in one pass.
Raw list & filters
Paste keywords (one per line)
Copy-paste from any export. Leading quotes, trailing spaces, and extra punctuation are all handled automatically.
Normalisation
Case, whitespace, punctuation. Recommended for any keyword list.
Deduplication & filtering
Which types of entries to drop.
Cleaned list
Cleaned output (13 keywords)
seo services australia best seo services australia seo services melbourne seo services sydney workspacein workspacein login workspacein dashboard www.workspacein.com how to rank in google how to rank on google how to rank on google 2026 seo seo seo seo
Removal breakdown
- infoCleaned: 13 kept / 7 removed (35% reduction).
How to Clean a Keyword List for SEO Work
Four rules that turn a messy export into a list you can prioritise.
Normalise before dedupe
Lowercase + trim + symbol strip must come first. Otherwise "SEO Services" and "seo services " are treated as different keywords. The vast majority of duplicates are casing and whitespace, not real variation.
Drop navigational and branded first
They skew volume totals and clutter the list. For content planning, you care about non-branded, non-navigational intent. Strip those early and your signal-to-noise jumps.
Use fuzzy dedupe cautiously
"Buy red shoes" and "red shoes" have different intent. Fuzzy dedupe would merge them. Turn it on only when you want aggressive consolidation — and always review what it merged.
Word-count filters catch extremes
Single-word queries are usually too broad to target. Queries over 10 words are usually voice-search noise. A 3–8 word sweet spot pulls the signal you actually want.
What Gets Removed — And Why
Every filter this tool applies, and when it matters.
Case duplicates
"SEO", "seo", "Seo" all become one. The #1 source of list bloat in any real export.
Whitespace duplicates
Trailing spaces, double spaces, leading tabs. Invisible but fatal for any grouping operation.
Quoted phrases
"seo services" and seo services treated identically. Export artefacts from Ahrefs, SEMrush etc.
Punctuation noise
"seo?", "seo!", "seo," — all collapse to seo. Unless punctuation matters (rare), it's junk.
Stopword-only
"the", "and", "of" as standalone entries. Scraper artefacts. Zero search intent.
Navigational
"login", "contact us", "about" — users already know your brand, not keywords you target for new traffic.
Branded
"workspacein pricing", "workspacein review" — traffic you already have. Remove for new-content planning.
Fuzzy duplicates
Same words in different order, or with/without stopwords. "rank in google" and "rank on google". Merge with care.
Why Raw Keyword Lists Are So Messy
The usual sources and their characteristic junk patterns.
Google Search Console
Ahrefs / SEMrush
Competitor scrapes
Auto-complete tools
Keyword List Cleaner FAQ
Why clean a keyword list?
Keyword lists from GSC exports, Ahrefs, SEMrush and competitor scrapes are full of junk — duplicates with different casing, branded queries, navigational terms, trailing spaces. Cleaning them saves hours of manual QA and gives you a list you can actually prioritise.
What's fuzzy dedupe?
Exact dedupe only removes identical strings after normalisation. Fuzzy dedupe also merges near-duplicates — "seo services australia" and "seo services australia 2026" collapse to one. Use carefully: it's aggressive.
Should I remove branded queries?
For SEO content planning, yes — they're already yours. For a full keyword research report, no — you want the full picture including branded traffic volume. Depends on what you're doing with the list.
Is my list sent anywhere?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
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