diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
index b4c324374c..2c61cf8996 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
@@ -973,8 +973,9 @@ fn process_table(table: &Table) -> ProcessedTable {
     for row in &table.data {
         let mut out_row = vec![];
         for column in row {
+            let cleaned = clean(&column.contents);
             out_row.push(ProcessedCell {
-                contents: split_sublines(&column.contents),
+                contents: split_sublines(&cleaned),
                 style: column.style,
             });
         }
@@ -983,8 +984,9 @@ fn process_table(table: &Table) -> ProcessedTable {
 
     let mut processed_headers = vec![];
     for header in &table.headers {
+        let cleaned = clean(&header.contents);
         processed_headers.push(ProcessedCell {
-            contents: split_sublines(&header.contents),
+            contents: split_sublines(&cleaned),
             style: header.style,
         });
     }
@@ -996,6 +998,12 @@ fn process_table(table: &Table) -> ProcessedTable {
     }
 }
 
+fn clean(input: &str) -> String {
+    let input = input.replace('\r', "");
+
+    input.replace('\t', "    ")
+}
+
 fn get_max_column_widths(processed_table: &ProcessedTable) -> Vec<usize> {
     use std::cmp::max;