CSS Minifier & Beautifier
Minify or beautify CSS code instantly in your browser — free online CSS compressor and formatter.
Formatted CSS
Free CSS Minifier & Beautifier
Paste any CSS code into the field above and click Beautify to get nicely indented, readable output. Use Minify to strip all unnecessary whitespace, comments, and line breaks for production-ready stylesheets. This free online CSS minifier works entirely in your browser — no data is sent to any server.
What Is CSS Minification?
CSS minification is the process of removing unnecessary characters from a stylesheet — including whitespace, line breaks, comments, and redundant semicolons — without changing how the styles are applied. The result is a smaller file that downloads faster, improving page load speed and reducing bandwidth usage. Minified CSS is a standard practice for production websites and is recommended by performance tools like Google PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse.
What Does CSS Beautification Do?
CSS beautification (also called CSS formatting or pretty-printing) does the opposite: it takes compact or minified CSS and adds consistent indentation, line breaks, and spacing to make it human-readable. This is essential when debugging third-party libraries, reviewing styles from external sources, or auditing a codebase.
How to Use This CSS Minifier
- Paste your CSS code into the input field — minified, beautified, or anything in between.
- Click Beautify for readable, indented output, or Minify for compact production code.
- Copy the result with the copy button and use it in your project.
Common Uses
- Minifying stylesheets before deploying to production to improve page load speed
- Beautifying minified CSS from CDNs and third-party libraries for debugging
- Removing inline comments from shared or open-source stylesheets
- Reducing CSS payload size for better Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores
- Formatting CSS copied from browser DevTools for documentation