# Automatically clean up whitespace and duplicate class names

DevFeed: [Automatically clean up whitespace and duplicate class names](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automatically-clean-up-whitespace-and-duplicate-class-names-3456.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tailwindcss.com/blog/2024-05-30-prettier-plugin-collapse-whitespace>)

Published: 2024-05-31T16:30:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Tailwind CSS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tailwind-css-blog.md>)

Topics: [Prettier](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prettier.md>), [Sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sorting.md>), [VS Code Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vscode-extension.md>)

Tags: [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [sorting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sorting.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

A new version of prettier-plugin-tailwindcss automatically removes unnecessary whitespace and duplicate class names while sorting. The release also notes that the VS Code extension has long warned about duplicate classes, and invites users to report issues on GitHub.

## Source excerpt

We just released a new version of prettier-plugin-tailwindcss which adds support for removing unnecessary whitespace and duplicate classes when sorting.