Remove Line Breaks

Remove line breaks from text and join lines together. Perfect for cleaning up copied text, formatting content, removing empty lines, and preparing text for different uses.

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Processing Examples

Remove All Line Breaks (Join with Space)

Input:

Hello
World
Test

Output:

Hello World Test

Remove Empty Lines Only

Input:

Line 1

Line 2


Line 3

Output:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3

Join with Comma

Input:

Apple
Banana
Cherry

Output:

Apple, Banana, Cherry

About Remove Line Breaks Tool

The Remove Line Breaks tool is a versatile text formatting utility that helps you clean up text by removing unwanted line breaks, joining lines together, and reformatting content for different purposes. Whether you're preparing text for a single-line input field, cleaning up copied content, or reformatting documents, this tool offers multiple modes to handle various line break scenarios.

Line breaks are essential for readability in documents, but they can cause issues when text needs to be used in certain contexts. This tool gives you complete control over how line breaks are handled, from removing them entirely to selectively cleaning up empty or extra lines.

Processing Modes

1. Remove All Line Breaks (Join into One Line)

Removes every line break from your text and joins all lines into a single continuous line. You can choose what to insert between the joined lines - space, comma, or any custom separator. This is the most common use case when you need single-line text.

Use case: Converting multi-line addresses into single-line format, preparing text for single-line input fields, creating comma-separated lists from line-separated data.

2. Remove Empty Lines Only

Keeps all your content intact but removes only the blank/empty lines. This cleans up your text by eliminating unnecessary spacing while preserving the line structure of your actual content. Perfect for documents with excessive blank lines.

Use case: Cleaning up copied text from PDFs, removing spacing from formatted documents, compacting text while keeping structure.

3. Remove Extra Line Breaks (Keep Single)

Reduces multiple consecutive line breaks down to single line breaks. If you have 2, 3, or more empty lines in a row, this mode will replace them all with just one line break. Great for standardizing spacing in documents.

Use case: Standardizing document formatting, cleaning up inconsistent spacing, preparing text for publishing.

4. Remove Trailing Spaces from Lines

Removes spaces at the end of each line while keeping the lines separate. This cleans up invisible whitespace that can cause issues in code, data files, or when text is processed by other systems.

Use case: Cleaning up code files, preparing CSV data, removing invisible formatting characters.

5. Remove Leading Spaces from Lines

Removes spaces at the beginning of each line, effectively removing indentation. Useful when you want to left-align all text or remove formatting that includes indentation.

Use case: Removing indentation from code, left-aligning quoted text, cleaning up copied content.

Separator Options

When using "Remove All Line Breaks" mode, you can choose what to insert between joined lines:

Space: The default and most common choice. Joins lines with a single space between them, creating natural-reading text.

Nothing (No Space): Joins lines directly with no separator. Use this when lines should connect without any spacing, like combining code or joining path segments.

Comma + Space: Creates a comma-separated list. Perfect for converting line-separated items into CSV format or creating lists.

Pipe (|): Joins with vertical bar separator, commonly used in table data or as an alternative delimiter.

Slash (/): Joins with forward slash, useful for paths or alternative separation styles.

Custom: Enter any text as separator - could be semicolon, tab, dash, or any custom string you need.

Common Use Cases

📝 Form Fields

  • • Convert addresses to single line
  • • Prepare text for input fields
  • • Format data for submission
  • • Clean up copied content
  • • Remove formatting from forms

📊 Data Processing

  • • Create CSV from line data
  • • Convert lists to comma-separated
  • • Clean up exported data
  • • Format data for import
  • • Prepare batch processing input

💻 Code Cleanup

  • • Remove trailing whitespace
  • • Clean up code formatting
  • • Join multi-line strings
  • • Remove extra blank lines
  • • Standardize line endings

📄 Document Formatting

  • • Clean up PDF text
  • • Remove extra spacing
  • • Reformat paragraphs
  • • Standardize documents
  • • Prepare text for publishing

✉️ Email & Messaging

  • • Format text for chat messages
  • • Clean up email signatures
  • • Remove formatting from quotes
  • • Prepare SMS text content
  • • Join message lines

🌐 Web Content

  • • Format meta descriptions
  • • Clean up HTML content
  • • Prepare alt text
  • • Create single-line titles
  • • Format URL parameters

Best Practices

✅ Before Processing

  • • Choose the right mode: Consider whether you need all breaks removed or just cleanup
  • • Preview your text: Check the input statistics to understand current formatting
  • • Select separator carefully: Think about how the joined text will be used
  • • Keep a backup: Copy original text if you might need it later
  • • Consider the context: Where will the processed text be used?

✅ After Processing

  • • Review the output: Check that the result looks as expected
  • • Check line count: Compare input and output statistics
  • • Verify separators: If using custom separators, ensure they appeared correctly
  • • Test in target system: Paste result where it will be used to confirm it works
  • • Adjust if needed: Try different modes or separators if result isn't perfect

Pro Tips

💡 Tip 1: For addresses, use "Remove All Line Breaks" with comma separator to convert from multi-line to single-line format suitable for form fields.

💡 Tip 2: When cleaning up PDF text, use "Remove Empty Lines" first, then if needed, "Remove Extra Line Breaks" to standardize spacing.

💡 Tip 3: For code cleanup, use "Remove Trailing Spaces" to eliminate invisible whitespace that can cause issues with version control.

💡 Tip 4: Create custom separators like " - " or " :: " for unique formatting needs when joining lines.

💡 Tip 5: Use "Nothing" separator to join lines of code or paths where no space should exist between joined parts.

💡 Tip 6: The statistics show line breaks count - use this to verify how many breaks were removed.

Understanding Line Breaks

Line breaks are special characters that tell computers and text editors to start a new line. Different systems use different line break characters:

  • Windows: Uses CRLF (Carriage Return + Line Feed, or \r\n)
  • Unix/Linux/Mac: Uses LF (Line Feed, or \n)
  • Old Mac: Used CR (Carriage Return, or \r)

This tool handles all these line break types automatically, so you don't need to worry about which system your text came from.

Privacy and Security

🔒 Your text stays private: All processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never sent to any server or stored anywhere. This ensures complete privacy for sensitive documents, personal information, or confidential content.

You can safely process addresses, personal data, code, or any sensitive text without security concerns. The tool works offline once the page loads.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What's the difference between removing all breaks and removing empty lines?

"Remove All Line Breaks" joins everything into one or more lines with your chosen separator, completely restructuring the text. "Remove Empty Lines Only" keeps all your content on separate lines but removes the blank lines between them, maintaining the original line structure for non-empty content.

Q: Can I convert a multi-line address to single line?

Yes! Use "Remove All Line Breaks" mode with comma separator. For example, "123 Main St\nApt 4\nNew York, NY 10001" becomes "123 Main St, Apt 4, New York, NY 10001". This is perfect for form fields that only accept single-line addresses.

Q: What separator should I use for creating lists?

For comma-separated lists (like CSV), use "Comma + Space". For pipe-delimited data, use "Pipe". For space-separated tags or keywords, use "Space". For custom needs like semicolon-separated lists, use the Custom option and enter "; " as your separator.

Q: Will this tool remove tabs and spaces too?

The basic modes preserve tabs and spaces within lines - they only affect line breaks. However, "Remove Trailing Spaces" removes spaces at line ends, and "Remove Leading Spaces" removes spaces at line starts. Regular spaces within text are always preserved.

Q: How do I clean up text copied from a PDF?

PDF text often has unwanted line breaks and spacing. Start with "Remove Empty Lines" to clear out blank lines, then check if you need "Remove Extra Line Breaks" to standardize spacing. If the text should be continuous, use "Remove All Line Breaks" with space separator.

Q: Can I undo the processing if I make a mistake?

The tool doesn't have built-in undo, but your original text stays in the input field. You can always refer back to it or copy it again. For safety with important text, copy your original to a separate location before processing.