diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/index.ts
index fe1d053f..6c067d02 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import extractEmailAddress from './transformers/extract-email-address';
 import extractNumber from './transformers/extract-number';
 import lowercase from './transformers/lowercase';
 import pluralize from './transformers/pluralize';
+import trimWhitespace from './transformers/trim-whitespace';
 
 const transformers = {
   capitalize,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const transformers = {
   extractNumber,
   lowercase,
   pluralize,
+  trimWhitespace,
 };
 
 export default defineAction({
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ export default defineAction({
         { label: 'Extract Number', value: 'extractNumber' },
         { label: 'Lowercase', value: 'lowercase' },
         { label: 'Pluralize', value: 'pluralize' },
+        { label: 'Trim Whitespace', value: 'trimWhitespace' },
       ],
       additionalFields: {
         type: 'query',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/transformers/trim-whitespace.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/transformers/trim-whitespace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71b69835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/actions/text/transformers/trim-whitespace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { IGlobalVariable } from '@automatisch/types';
+
+const trimWhitespace = ($: IGlobalVariable) => {
+  const input = $.step.parameters.input as string;
+  return input.trim();
+};
+
+export default trimWhitespace;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/index.ts
index b4f22751..2359fa5a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import extractEmailAddress from './options/extract-email-address';
 import extractNumber from './options/extract-number';
 import lowercase from './options/lowercase';
 import pluralize from './options/pluralize';
+import trimWhitespace from './options/trim-whitespace';
 
 const options: IJSONObject = {
   capitalize,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const options: IJSONObject = {
   extractNumber,
   lowercase,
   pluralize,
+  trimWhitespace,
 };
 
 export default {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/options/trim-whitespace.ts b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/options/trim-whitespace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3967320b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/apps/formatter/dynamic-fields/list-transform-options/options/trim-whitespace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const trimWhitespace = [
+  {
+    label: 'Input',
+    key: 'input',
+    type: 'string' as const,
+    required: true,
+    description: 'Text you want to remove leading and trailing spaces.',
+    variables: true,
+  },
+];
+
+export default trimWhitespace;