Remove Line Breaks
Paste text and strip out the line breaks. Replace each break with a space or nothing, keep paragraph breaks, and trim extra spaces.
Stripped live as you type. Everything runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Replace each break with
Options
Keep paragraph breaks collapses single breaks inside a paragraph but leaves blank lines between paragraphs intact.
How to remove line breaks from text online
Paste your text
Put the text with line breaks into the input box and the stripped version appears instantly below.
Choose how breaks are replaced
Pick whether each line break becomes a single space or is removed entirely, then turn Keep paragraph breaks or Trim extra spaces on or off.
Copy the result
When the output reads the way you want, click Copy to clipboard and paste it wherever it needs to go.
Why use this tool
Space or nothing between joined lines
Replace every line break with a single space so words stay separated, or with nothing at all to fuse the lines directly.
Keep paragraph breaks
Collapse the single line breaks inside each paragraph while leaving the blank lines between paragraphs in place, so structure survives.
Trim extra spaces
Collapse runs of two or more spaces into one and strip leading and trailing spaces, so joining lines never leaves ragged gaps.
Handles every line ending
Windows, Mac, and Unix line endings are all normalised first, so text pasted from any source is flattened the same way.
Live count of what changed
A running tally shows how many line breaks were removed and how many characters the output holds, updated on every keystroke.
Runs entirely in your browser
Everything happens on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and the tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
About this tool
Remove Line Breaks takes text that has been broken across many lines and flattens it back into flowing text. It is built for the everyday problem of pasting from a PDF, an email, or a chat message and getting a hard line break at the end of every visual line, which then breaks up sentences when you paste it somewhere else. Choose whether each break turns into a single space or disappears completely, and the result updates the instant you type or change an option.
Two switches shape the output. Keep paragraph breaks treats blank lines as real paragraph boundaries: single breaks inside a paragraph collapse away while the blank line between paragraphs stays, so the shape of the writing is preserved. Trim extra spaces collapses any run of spaces down to one and clears leading and trailing spaces, which keeps the joined text from picking up double gaps. A live counter reports how many breaks were removed and the final character count.
Everything is processed in your browser memory, so notes, drafts, and pasted documents never leave your device. If you also need to squeeze out stray tabs and blank lines, try remove whitespace, and to reorder or dedupe the lines before flattening them, use the line sorter.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I remove line breaks from text?
- Paste your text into the input box. The version with line breaks removed appears instantly below. Choose whether breaks become a space or nothing, adjust the options, then click Copy to clipboard.
- What is the difference between replacing a break with a space or nothing?
- Replacing with a space keeps words apart, which is what you usually want for prose, so two lines become one sentence with a space between them. Replacing with nothing fuses the lines directly with no gap, which suits things like a code or key that was wrapped across lines.
- What does Keep paragraph breaks do?
- It treats a blank line as a paragraph boundary. Single line breaks inside a paragraph are collapsed so the paragraph flows on one line, while the blank line between paragraphs is left in place. Turn it off to strip every line break and produce a single continuous block.
- Does it handle Windows and Mac line endings?
- Yes. Windows carriage returns and old Mac line endings are normalised before anything else, so text pasted from any editor, spreadsheet, or document is flattened consistently.
- Is my text uploaded anywhere?
- No. Everything runs in your browser. Your text never leaves your device, is never sent to a server, and is not stored or logged. The tool keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
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