MLA Formatter is a free, browser-based tool designed to help students, writers, and researchers format their papers according to MLA 9 guidelines.
Our Mission
We believe that formatting an academic paper should not be complicated, expensive, or require uploading your work to unknown servers. MLA Formatter provides a clean, fast, and private way to format your paper, generate citations, and prepare your documents for submission.
Privacy-First
All document processing happens directly in your browser. Your papers, essays, and citations are never uploaded to our servers. We do not store, track, or analyze your content. This privacy-first approach means you can use MLA Formatter with confidence.
What We Offer
- MLA Formatter — Format your entire paper with proper headings, spacing, margins, and page numbers
- Citation Generator — Create MLA 9 citations for any source type
- In-Text Citation Generator — Generate proper parenthetical citations
- Works Cited Generator — Build and format a complete Works Cited page
- Format Checker — Check your paper for potential MLA formatting issues
- Heading Generator — Create a properly formatted first-page heading
- Header Generator — Generate running headers with page numbers
- Alphabetizer — Sort your Works Cited entries alphabetically
Disclaimer
MLA Formatter is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Modern Language Association (MLA), Purdue University, Purdue OWL, Microsoft, Google, or any other third-party service.