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Remove Line Breaks
Join wrapped lines while keeping your paragraphs.
Repair text copied from PDFs or emails, or join a list with your own separator.
Processed locally in your browser — your text is not uploaded. How it works
- Fast Paste, press one button, copy the result.
- Private Runs in your browser. Text is never uploaded.
- Works everywhere Any device, any browser, no install.
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What does a line break remover do?
A line break is an invisible character that tells software to start a new line. A line break remover deletes those characters, or swaps them for something else such as a space or a comma, so that text flows as one piece again.
The useful part is choosing which breaks go. A break in the middle of a sentence is almost always unwanted. A blank line between two paragraphs usually is wanted. This tool offers four modes so you can make that choice instead of flattening everything.
Why copied PDF text gets broken lines
A PDF describes where each piece of text sits on the page. It generally does not record that a group of lines forms one paragraph. When you copy from it, the viewer has to guess, and the usual result is a hard line break at the end of every visual line — the same place the page happened to wrap.
Plain-text email has a similar habit: many mail programs wrap lines at a fixed width before sending. Paste either kind of text into a wider box and you get short, ragged lines that no longer reflow.
Ticking Fix common PDF copy problems also trims stray spaces at line edges, collapses repeated spaces and removes soft hyphens. Page numbers, running headers and footnote markers are part of the copied text and are not removed automatically; delete those by hand. The guide to fixing text copied from a PDF covers the whole process.
Remove line breaks vs remove paragraph breaks
In plain text a single line break ends a line, and a blank line — two breaks in a row — separates paragraphs. They are the same character used in different quantities, which is why a careless find-and-replace destroys both at once.
| Mode | Single breaks | Blank lines | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Join lines with spaces | Become a space | Become a space | One paragraph, a caption, a form field that accepts a single line |
| Keep paragraph breaks | Become a space | Kept as one blank line | Articles, quotations, anything with more than one paragraph |
| Remove breaks with no separator | Deleted | Deleted | Rejoining a long code, key or URL that was wrapped |
| Custom separator | Become the separator | Skipped | Turning a column of values into a comma- or pipe-separated list |
The difference between the kinds of break, including the “soft” breaks that word processors use, is explained in line break vs paragraph break vs soft break.
How “Keep paragraph breaks” works
- The text is split into lines, and spaces at the start and end of each line are trimmed.
- Any empty line, or line containing only spaces, is treated as a paragraph boundary. Several blank lines in a row count as one boundary.
- The lines between two boundaries are joined with a single space.
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A line that begins with a list marker (
-,*,•or a number such as1.) starts a new line instead of being folded into the one above. - Paragraphs are written out with exactly one blank line between them.
The rule depends on blank lines. If the source separates paragraphs only by indentation, with no empty line between them, the tool cannot see where one ends and the next begins. In that case add a blank line between paragraphs first. The guide to removing line breaks without losing paragraphs shows how.
Examples
Join lines with spaces
Every break becomes a space, so the two paragraphs merge into one block.
The committee met on Tuesday to review the proposal. Two members asked for more time. A final decision is expected next month.
The committee met on Tuesday to review the proposal. Two members asked for more time. A final decision is expected next month.
Keep paragraph breaks
Lines are joined inside each paragraph and the blank line between them survives.
The committee met on Tuesday to review the proposal. Two members asked for more time. A final decision is expected next month.
The committee met on Tuesday to review the proposal. Two members asked for more time. A final decision is expected next month.
Custom separator: comma
One item per line becomes a single comma-separated line. The empty line is skipped.
oak maple birch willow
oak, maple, birch, willow
CRLF vs LF vs CR
Not every system marks a line break the same way. Windows uses two characters, carriage return plus line feed (CRLF). Linux and current macOS use a single line feed (LF). Very old Mac software used a lone carriage return (CR). A tool that only looks for one of these leaves stray characters behind or misses breaks entirely.
This tool converts all three to LF before doing anything else, so mixed files behave consistently. The result uses LF. More detail is in CRLF vs LF vs CR.
Common use cases
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Quoting from a PDF
Reflow a copied passage so it wraps naturally inside your own document or note.
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Replying to plain-text email
Remove the fixed-width wrapping so the text fits whatever window it is read in.
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Filling single-line fields
Forms, spreadsheet cells and database fields often reject or mangle text that contains line breaks.
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Building a delimited list
Convert one value per line into a comma-, semicolon- or pipe-separated list for a formula or query.
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Rejoining a wrapped value
A long key, hash or link that was split across lines can be joined with no separator.
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Subtitles and transcripts
Merge short caption lines into readable paragraphs before editing.
Privacy
Line breaks are removed by code running in your browser. The text you paste is not uploaded, logged or stored. Only your chosen mode and options are remembered in this browser, and the Reset options button removes them. Details are on the How It Works page and in the privacy policy.
Limitations
- Paragraphs are detected by blank lines only. Indented paragraphs with no blank line between them are joined together.
- Poetry, song lyrics, postal addresses, code and tables rely on their line breaks. Joining them damages the content; leave those out or restore them afterwards.
- Rejoining hyphenated words is a guess. It only merges two lowercase halves, and it cannot know whether the hyphen belonged to a genuine compound, so “well-” + “known” becomes “wellknown”. Read the result.
- Headings that have no blank line after them are joined to the paragraph that follows.
- Multi-column PDF pages can copy in the wrong reading order. No line-joining tool can repair that.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between this and the Text Cleaner?
This page does one job with more control over line breaks, including custom separators. The Text Cleaner handles spaces, hidden characters, HTML, Markdown and typography as well, and includes line joining as one of its options.
How do I turn a list into a comma-separated line?
Choose “Replace line breaks with a custom separator” and keep Comma selected. Each line becomes one item and empty lines are skipped. For a comma with no following space, choose Custom text and type a single comma.
Why did two words get stuck together?
“Remove breaks with no separator” inserts nothing, so the last word of one line touches the first word of the next. Use “Join lines with spaces” instead unless you are rejoining a value that was split mid-word.
Does it remove the extra spaces left by wrapping?
Spaces at the start and end of each line are trimmed when lines are joined. To also collapse repeated spaces inside lines, tick “Fix common PDF copy problems”.
Does it work on text with Windows line endings?
Yes. CRLF, LF and CR are all recognised, including a mixture of them in the same text.
Can I get the line breaks back?
Your original text stays in the Input Text box until you change it, and Clear and Move Result to Input have a one-step Undo. The tool does not keep a history beyond that.
Related guides
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How to Remove Line Breaks Without Losing Paragraphs
Turn each wrapped line into a space and leave the gaps between paragraphs alone. Covers the blank-line rule, text with no blank lines, find-and-replace methods and pitfalls.
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How to Fix Messy Text Copied From a PDF
A PDF stores positioned text, not paragraphs, so copying gives you hard-wrapped lines, split words and stray page numbers. How to repair it, and what still needs a read-through.
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Line Break vs Paragraph Break vs Soft Break: What’s the Difference?
A paragraph break ends a paragraph, a line break starts a new line inside it, and soft break has two meanings. Definitions, a comparison table and what each becomes in plain text.
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CRLF vs LF vs CR: Text Line Endings Explained
Windows ends a line with CRLF, Linux and macOS with LF, and classic Mac OS used CR. What the three conventions are, where they still matter and how to fix a mismatch.