Remove Line Breaks
Fix choppy text copied from PDFs, emails or subtitles — join broken lines while keeping real paragraphs.
Text copied out of a PDF, an email reply chain or subtitle files arrives broken into short, choppy lines with a hard return at the end of each one. Pasting it into a document or CMS then means deleting every stray line break by hand. This tool does it in one step: paste the messy text and get a clean version with the breaks removed and spacing normalized.
The Keep paragraph breaks mode is the one you'll use most: it joins the broken lines inside each paragraph but preserves the blank lines that separate real paragraphs, so the structure of the original document survives. Remove all line breaks flattens everything into a single continuous block, which is useful for form fields, spreadsheet cells and single-line inputs. Options to collapse repeated spaces and trim leading/trailing whitespace clean up the usual copy-paste artifacts at the same time. For removing repeated lines rather than breaks, see the duplicate line remover.
How to use the Remove Line Breaks
- Paste your text into the input box — the cleaned version appears instantly on the right.
- Choose Keep paragraph breaks to join lines within paragraphs but keep paragraphs separated, or Remove all line breaks for one continuous block.
- Leave Collapse multiple spaces on to fix double spaces created by joining lines.
- Click Copy result and paste the clean text wherever you need it.
Frequently asked questions
Why does text copied from a PDF have so many line breaks?
PDFs store text as visually positioned lines, not flowing paragraphs. When you copy it, each visual line ends with a hard return, so a normal paragraph becomes a dozen short lines. This tool joins them back into flowing text.
How does the tool know where real paragraphs are?
In "Keep paragraph breaks" mode, a blank line (two or more consecutive returns) is treated as a paragraph separator and preserved, while single returns inside a paragraph are replaced with a space. That matches how paragraphs come through from most PDFs and emails.
Will it damage lists or code?
Line-break removal is designed for prose. Bulleted lists and code depend on their line structure, so run only the prose parts through the tool, or use "Keep paragraph breaks" and check the result before copying.
Can it also remove extra spaces and tabs?
Yes — the "Collapse multiple spaces" option replaces runs of spaces and tabs with a single space, and "Trim each line" strips leading and trailing whitespace, which cleans up most copy-paste artifacts in one pass.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The cleanup runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, so the tool is safe for confidential documents.