Remove Line Breaks
Remove line breaks from text and join lines into a single continuous paragraph.
PDFs are notorious for inserting hard line breaks at the end of every visual line. When you copy text from a PDF document, each line ends with a newline character that was never part of the original paragraph structure. Pasting this into an email, word processor, or CMS produces a jumbled mess of short lines. This tool instantly fixes that problem by replacing every line break with a space, producing clean flowing paragraphs.
You have the option to replace line breaks with a space, which is the standard choice for merging paragraph lines, or with nothing, which directly concatenates the lines. The nothing option is useful for reassembling strings that were split across lines, such as long URLs, Base64 encoded data, or code tokens.
After removing line breaks, the tool also collapses multiple consecutive spaces into a single space, ensuring the output is tidy and ready to use. The entire operation runs in your browser with no data sent to a server, so it is safe for confidential content.
Whether you are cleaning up copied text, preparing content for a CMS, or processing data for a script, this tool handles the task in a single click and works with any amount of text up to 50,000 characters.
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How to Use
- Paste your text with unwanted line breaks into the input field
- Choose whether to replace line breaks with a space or nothing
- Click Calculate to remove the line breaks
- Copy the cleaned text from the output field
FAQ
What types of line breaks does this remove?
The tool removes all common line break types including Unix-style line feeds (LF), Windows-style carriage return plus line feed (CRLF), and standalone carriage returns (CR).
When should I choose 'Nothing' instead of 'Space'?
Choose Nothing when the line breaks were inserted into a continuous string that should not have spaces, such as a long URL, Base64 data, or a code token that was wrapped across lines.
Does this collapse extra spaces too?
Yes. After replacing line breaks with spaces, the tool collapses any resulting multiple consecutive spaces into a single space and trims leading and trailing whitespace.
Can I use this for text copied from PDFs?
Absolutely. PDF copy-paste is one of the most common use cases. The tool removes the hard line breaks PDFs insert at the end of each visual line, restoring proper paragraph flow.
Commonly Used With
Pair this tool with others in Text Utilities