How do I remove line breaks from text?

Paste your text into the box above, choose whether to keep paragraphs, then click Remove line breaks. The tool joins the wrapped lines into flowing text, and you can copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

How do I remove line breaks but keep paragraphs?

Leave the 'Keep paragraphs' option turned on. Single line breaks become spaces so wrapped lines join up, while blank lines between paragraphs are preserved as paragraph breaks. Turn the option off to flatten everything into one continuous line.

What is the difference between a line break and a paragraph break?

A line break (a hard return or carriage return) moves text to the next line. A paragraph break is a blank line that separates blocks of text. This tool can remove single line breaks while keeping the blank lines that mark paragraphs.

Can I remove line breaks from text copied out of a PDF?

Yes. PDFs often add a hard return at the end of every visible line, which makes pasted text look chopped up. Paste it here and the tool rejoins the lines. Turn on 'Trim lines' to also clear the stray indentation PDFs sometimes add.

Is the remove line breaks tool free?

Yes, it's completely free with no signup, no limits, and no watermarks. Use it as often as you like.

Is my text safe and private?

Your text never leaves your browser. All processing runs locally on your device, so nothing is uploaded to a server. Once the page has loaded you can even use it offline.

Remove Line Breaks

Strip hard returns from text, join wrapped lines back together, and optionally keep your paragraphs original state. Everything runs in your browser, so your text stays on your device.

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Keep paragraphsCollapse spacesTrim lines

Result

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What does removing line breaks do?

Text copied from PDFs, emails, and code editors often carries hard line breaks at the end of every line. When you paste it somewhere else, it stays awkwardly chopped up. This tool removes those breaks and joins the lines back into flowing text. You can keep the blank lines between paragraphs, clean up extra spaces, and trim uneven indentation, all in one click.

Why use our line break remover

·Free. No signup, no paywall, no limits.
·Runs in your browser. Nothing gets uploaded, your text stays with you.
·Keeps paragraphs. Flatten everything or preserve the gaps between paragraphs.
·Instant. One click, no waiting.
·Live stats. See character, word, and line counts as you go.

Options explained

Keep paragraphs

Turns single line breaks into spaces but keeps the blank lines between paragraphs. Best for cleaning up wrapped text without merging it all into one block.

Before

First line↵
second line↵
↵
A new paragraph

After

First line second line↵
↵
A new paragraph

Collapse spaces

After breaks are removed, extra spaces and tabs are reduced to a single space. Useful when the original text had uneven spacing.

Beforeone two threeAfterone two three

Trim lines

Removes spaces from the start and end of each line before breaks are taken out. Useful for text pasted from PDFs or code with stray indentation.

Before

    padded line   ↵
  another one

Afterpadded line another one

When to remove line breaks

Hard line breaks move into text from all kinds of sources. Here are the most common reasons people use a line break remover:

·Text copied from a PDF. PDFs add a carriage return at the end of every visible line, so pasted text arrives broken into short, uneven lines.
·Quoted email replies. Forwarded and quoted emails often wrap at 70 or 80 characters, leaving hard returns in the middle of sentences.
·Pasting into a CMS or spreadsheet. Stray line breaks can break table cells or ruin formatting when you paste into a form, blog editor, or spreadsheet.
·Cleaning up OCR or scanned text. Optical character recognition tends to insert a break wherever a line ended on the page rather than where a sentence ends.
·Flattening text to a single line. Turn off "Keep paragraphs" to collapse a whole block into one line, useful for CSV fields, JSON strings, or single-line inputs.

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove line breaks from text?: Paste your text into the box above, choose whether to keep paragraphs, then click Remove line breaks. The tool joins the wrapped lines into flowing text, and you can copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
How do I remove line breaks but keep paragraphs?: Leave the 'Keep paragraphs' option turned on. Single line breaks become spaces so wrapped lines join up, while blank lines between paragraphs are preserved as paragraph breaks. Turn the option off to flatten everything into one continuous line.
What is the difference between a line break and a paragraph break?: A line break (a hard return or carriage return) moves text to the next line. A paragraph break is a blank line that separates blocks of text. This tool can remove single line breaks while keeping the blank lines that mark paragraphs.
Can I remove line breaks from text copied out of a PDF?: Yes. PDFs often add a hard return at the end of every visible line, which makes pasted text look chopped up. Paste it here and the tool rejoins the lines. Turn on 'Trim lines' to also clear the stray indentation PDFs sometimes add.
Is the remove line breaks tool free?: Yes, it's completely free with no signup, no limits, and no watermarks. Use it as often as you like.
Is my text safe and private?: Your text never leaves your browser. All processing runs locally on your device, so nothing is uploaded to a server. Once the page has loaded you can even use it offline.

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