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Remove Line Breaks

Paste text and choose a mode to remove line breaks instantly. Six modes handle every situation — from PDF copy-paste to paragraph cleanup — entirely in your browser.

Mode

Paste text, then choose a mode above

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How to remove line breaks

1

Paste your text

Type or paste any text into the editor above. You can also click the Paste button to pull from your clipboard directly.

2

Choose a mode

Select how line breaks should be handled — replace with a space, keep paragraphs, remove completely, collapse or remove blank lines, or trim lines.

3

Copy the result

Click Copy or use the floating copy button on desktop. Use Undo or Restore Original to go back if needed.

What are line breaks?

A line break is the point where text moves to a new line. Sometimes this is intentional, such as in a list, address, poem, or code block. Other times it appears accidentally when text is copied from PDFs, emails, OCR tools, spreadsheets, or old documents.

A line break remover helps turn broken lines back into normal paragraphs or clean single-line text. The safest option is usually to replace line breaks with spaces, because simply deleting them can merge words together.

Common uses

Fixing broken lines from PDF copy-paste

Cleaning up text exported from Word, Google Docs, or spreadsheets

Turning multi-line content into a single paragraph or string

Removing extra blank lines from email drafts

Cleaning data exports before importing to a database or API

Removing trailing spaces from code or config files

Six modes for every situation

Replace with Space

Default

Replaces every line break with a single space. Best for text copied from PDFs or documents where each line ends with a hard break instead of wrapping naturally.

Keep Paragraphs

Removes single line breaks within paragraphs but preserves double line breaks between them. Use this when the text has correct paragraph structure but broken lines inside each paragraph.

Remove Completely

Removes all line breaks without adding spaces. Useful when joining text that was split across lines and you want a single unbroken string — for example, code strings or IDs.

Collapse Blank Lines

Reduces runs of multiple blank lines down to a single blank line. Good for cleaning up emails, documents or pastes that arrived with too much vertical whitespace.

Remove Blank Lines

Deletes every empty line while keeping all text lines. Use this when working with lists, data exports or logs where blank lines add clutter but each text row should stay separate.

Trim Lines

Strips leading and trailing spaces from every line without touching the line breaks themselves. Use this to clean up indentation and trailing whitespace before using the text elsewhere.

Remove Line Breaks FAQ

What does Remove Line Breaks do?
This tool removes or replaces the line breaks in pasted text using one of six modes. You choose how line breaks should be handled — for example, replaced with a space, removed entirely, or collapsed to a single blank line between paragraphs. Everything runs in your browser with no upload or server involved.
Which mode should I use for PDF text?
Use Replace with Space. Text copied from PDFs often has a hard line break at the end of each line, which causes words to run together if breaks are simply deleted. Replacing each break with a space keeps words properly separated.
What is the difference between Remove Blank Lines and Collapse Blank Lines?
Remove Blank Lines deletes every empty line from the text, leaving only lines that contain text. Collapse Blank Lines keeps one blank line between paragraphs but removes any runs of two or more consecutive blank lines. Use Remove Blank Lines for dense lists or data exports, and Collapse Blank Lines when you want clean paragraph spacing.
What does Keep Paragraphs do?
Keep Paragraphs removes single line breaks within paragraphs — turning each paragraph into one continuous line — but preserves the double line breaks that separate paragraphs. This is useful when pasting structured text that should flow as normal paragraphs instead of short broken lines.
Does this tool handle Windows, Mac and Unix line breaks?
Yes. The tool normalizes Windows line endings (\r\n), old Mac line endings (\r), and Unix line endings (\n) before processing, so you get consistent results regardless of the source.
Does my text get uploaded anywhere?
No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server, logged, or stored anywhere. There is no account or login. When you close the tab, the text is gone.
Can I undo a mode I applied?
Yes. Use the Undo button to step back through previous states. Use Restore Original to jump directly back to the text you first pasted.
What does Trim Lines do?
Trim Lines removes leading spaces and trailing spaces from each individual line. It does not remove the line breaks themselves. Use this to clean up text where each line has unwanted indentation or trailing whitespace.

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