How to Shorten an Article in the Browser or with Gemini
By Tools Star Hub Editorial Team · Published
Shorten article applies a fixed list of edits in the browser. It needs at least 12 words. Compress with AI posts the article and the compression setting to this site, which sends them to Google's Gemini API and returns a shorter draft. Read either result before you rely on it. Shortening can drop a sentence you still wanted.
Light compression swaps a fixed set of wordy phrases, such as in order to becoming to, and it does not delete sentences. Medium and strong use more phrase cuts, and they drop a later sentence that repeats an earlier one exactly. Strong also drops a later sentence whose first six words match an earlier sentence. Compress with AI sends the pasted article plus the setting you selected. Light is sent as Short, medium as Medium, and strong as Detailed. The article can be up to 12,000 characters. Gemini is asked to keep the main meaning and important facts and to return only the shorter article. That is a request, not a guarantee.
How to shorten an article
- Paste at least 12 words. Choose light, medium, or strong. The form starts on medium.
- Press Shorten article for the local rules. The page shows the word count before and after. Light does not remove a repeated sentence.
- Press Compress with AI when you want Gemini to rewrite at the setting you selected. Copy shorter draft copies the local result. Copy AI draft copies the Gemini result. Clear empties both boxes, returns the setting to medium, and does not call the API.
Example
A repeated sentence
The sentence In order to finish the form you must sign it, pasted twice, is 20 words. Medium compression becomes to finish the form you must sign it. and the count is 8 words, because the second exact copy is dropped. The same idea with a comma, on light compression, keeps both sentences. In order to becomes to, and 22 words become 18.
FAQ
- Will the shorter text bypass a detector?
- No. This page does not try to do that.
- Does Shorten article upload the draft?
- No. Only Compress with AI sends it.
- Does the AI result always keep every fact?
- No. The instruction asks Gemini to keep the main meaning and important facts. Read the shorter draft.
- Is the article saved?
- It is not saved on this site. On the free tier, Google may use the submitted text to improve its products.
To shorten a draft in the browser, or send it to Gemini with the setting you chose, use the AI Article Compressor.