Phone Number Formatter - Clean & Format Any Style
Strip a messy phone number down to digits, then format it as US standard, international, or dotted style, handling both 10 and 11-digit inputs.
(555) 123-4567
How to Use the Phone Number Formatter
Paste a phone number in any messy format — with spaces, dots, dashes, parentheses, or extra characters — and choose a target style: US standard "(XXX) XXX-XXXX", international "+1 XXX-XXX-XXXX", or dotted "XXX.XXX.XXXX". The tool first strips everything down to just the digits, then reformats them into your chosen style. It correctly handles both 10-digit numbers and 11-digit numbers with a leading 1 (which is dropped before formatting).
Example
Entering "1 (555) 123.4567" with the International style selected produces "+1 555-123-4567" — the leading 1 is recognized and handled correctly rather than treated as part of the area code.
Common Use Cases
- Cleaning up phone numbers copied from a messy spreadsheet or form export into one consistent style.
- Converting numbers to an international format before adding them to a global contact list.
- Standardizing phone number formatting across a database or mailing list.
FAQs
- Does this tool also clean up messy phone numbers, or just format them? Both — it strips all non-digit characters (spaces, dots, dashes, parentheses, letters) down to the raw digits first as a cleaning step, then applies your chosen formatting style, so there's no need for a separate cleaning tool.
- What happens with an 11-digit number? If the number is 11 digits and starts with a leading 1 (the US/Canada country code), that leading 1 is automatically dropped before formatting the remaining 10 digits, and re-added for the International style.
- What if my number doesn't have exactly 10 or 11 digits? The tool shows a warning telling you how many digits it found, since a number with the wrong digit count can't be reliably split into area code, prefix, and line number.