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Remove Line Breaks Tool

Clean up your text by removing unwanted line breaks, newlines, and paragraph breaks instantly. Perfect for formatting text for websites, documents, and more.

Example:
Original: This text has too many line breaks that make it hard to read. Cleaned (with spaces): This text has too many line breaks that make it hard to read. Cleaned (with commas): This text has,too many line,breaks that make,it hard to read. Cleaned (removed completely): This text hastoo many linebreaks that makeit hard to read.

About Our Line Break Remover

Our free online tool helps you clean up text by removing unwanted line breaks and newlines. Whether you're working with text copied from PDFs, websites, or other sources that contain excessive line breaks, this tool will help you format it properly.

The line break remover is particularly useful for:

  • Preparing text for websites or blogs
  • Cleaning up text copied from PDF documents
  • Formatting text for social media posts
  • Preparing content for email campaigns
  • Cleaning data for spreadsheets or databases
  • Removing hard returns from word processor documents

Advanced Line Break Removal Options

Replace with Space

Replaces line breaks with spaces, creating flowing text. This is the most common option for general text cleanup.

Replace with Comma

Substitutes line breaks with commas, useful for creating comma-separated lists from line-broken text.

Remove Completely

Eliminates line breaks without adding any replacement characters, joining words directly.

Custom Replacement

Specify your own replacement text for line breaks, such as semicolons or other separators.

How to Use the Line Break Remover

  1. Paste your text with unwanted line breaks into the input box
  2. Select your preferred replacement option
  3. Choose whether to preserve paragraph breaks
  4. Optionally enable trimming of extra spaces
  5. Click "Remove Line Breaks" to clean your text
  6. Use the "Copy to Clipboard" button to copy the result

Technical Details

This tool handles different types of line breaks:

  • Windows line breaks: CR+LF (\r\n)
  • Unix/Linux line breaks: LF (\n)
  • Old Mac line breaks: CR (\r)
  • Paragraph breaks: Multiple consecutive line breaks

When "Preserve paragraph breaks" is enabled, the tool maintains blank lines between paragraphs while removing single line breaks within paragraphs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between line breaks and paragraph breaks?

Line breaks are single newlines within a paragraph, while paragraph breaks are typically two or more newlines that separate distinct paragraphs. Our tool can preserve paragraph breaks while removing line breaks within paragraphs.

Will this tool work with text copied from PDFs?

Yes! Text copied from PDFs often contains unwanted line breaks at the end of each line. Our tool is perfect for cleaning up such text and restoring proper formatting.

Can I remove line breaks but keep lists intact?

For simple lists, using "Replace with comma" can work well. For more complex lists, you may need to clean sections separately or use our Remove Empty Lines tool first.

Is there a limit to how much text I can process?

You can process up to 100,000 characters at once, which is approximately 15,000-20,000 words. For most purposes, this is more than sufficient.

Does the tool store my text?

No, all processing happens in your browser. We never send your text to our servers, ensuring complete privacy for your content.