Remove Line Breaks Online

Paste text to remove unwanted line breaks. Keep the paragraphs, make one line, or make a comma-separated list. The result updates automatically.

A line break is a character that starts a new line. This tool changes line breaks only. It does not change your words.

1. Paste text in Text with line breaks.
2. Select an output format.
3. Check the Clean result.
4. Select Copy clean text.

Select the upload icon to open a text file. The file must be 1 MB or smaller.

Use one of these output formats:

• Keep paragraphs: Use it for text from a PDF, email, or document. It joins wrapped lines and keeps blank lines between paragraphs.
• Make one line: Use it for forms, database fields, and short text. It replaces all line breaks with spaces.
• Comma list: Use it for lists in a spreadsheet or message. It replaces line breaks with commas.
• Custom: Use it when you need a different separator or cleanup rule.

Keep paragraphs is the default. This setting prevents the tool from joining separate paragraphs by mistake.

Select Keep paragraphs for text that contains more than one paragraph. The tool joins lines inside each paragraph. It keeps one blank line between paragraphs.

Input

The report has a line break
after each short line.

This paragraph must stay
separate from the first one.

Result

The report has a line break after each short line.

This paragraph must stay separate from the first one.

The tool uses blank lines to find paragraph limits. If the source has no blank lines, select Make one line and check the result.

Select Custom when a preset does not give the format that you need.

You can join lines with:

• A space
• A comma and a space
• A semicolon and a space
• A dash
• No separator
• Custom text, such as |

You can also keep paragraph breaks. Switch off Trim line edges if spaces at the start or end of a line are important. Switch off Remove repeated spaces if the original spacing is important.

Make a comma-separated list

Input

apples
bananas
cherries

Result

apples, bananas, cherries

Join split text with no spaces

Select Custom. Then select Nothing as the separator.

AB12 and CD34 on two lines become AB12CD34.

Use this setting only when the break must not become a space. Normal sentences need a space between joined lines.

PDF files often store text by position on a page. Copied text can contain a line break at the end of each visible line. Select Keep paragraphs to remove these unwanted breaks.

Email text can also contain hard line breaks. A hard line break is a saved break at a fixed position. The tool removes the hard breaks and keeps blank lines between paragraphs.

Check words that contain a hyphen at the end of a copied line. For example, a PDF can split custom- and ers across two lines. The result can contain custom- ers. Remove this space manually, or use the text replacer. The tool cannot safely identify all split words.

• Wrapped paragraph: Select Keep paragraphs. The result is one readable paragraph.
• Title on three lines: Select Make one line. The result is one title on one line.
• One item on each line: Select Comma list. The result has commas between the items.
• Parts of one code: Select Custom, and then select Nothing. The result is one continuous code.
• Log values: Select Custom, and enter a vertical bar as the separator. The result has a vertical bar between the values.

The tool recognizes these line break types:

• LF, which is common on Linux and macOS
• CRLF, which is common on Windows
• CR, which can occur in old files
• Unicode line separator and paragraph separator characters

You do not have to identify the line break type. The tool handles the types in the same operation.

Words join together

Select Make one line or select Space in Custom mode. Do not select Nothing for normal sentences.

Paragraphs disappear

Select Keep paragraphs. The source must contain a blank line between each paragraph.

Extra spaces remain

Select Custom. Switch on Trim line edges and Remove repeated spaces. For other whitespace characters, use the whitespace remover.

The list has duplicate items

Use the duplicate line remover before you make the comma-separated list. A line tool cannot find the items after you join them.

The tool cannot know the intended structure of all text. Check the result when the source has no blank lines between paragraphs.

The tool does not repair punctuation. It does not remove page numbers, headers, quote marks, or split-word hyphens. Use the text cleaner or text replacer for these changes.

The tool accepts up to 1,000,000 characters. It reads plain-text files. It does not extract text directly from a PDF file.

Your browser removes the line breaks on your device. Textavia does not upload or store the text that you enter. You can use the tool with private text, but you must still follow the data rules of your organization.

• Whitespace remover removes spaces, tabs, and blank lines.
• Duplicate line remover removes repeated list items.
• Plain text converter removes HTML and rich-text formatting.
• Text replacer changes a selected word or character.