# Remove Line Breaks

> Remove line breaks from pasted text, keep paragraphs, fix PDF and email copy-paste, replace breaks with commas, or add line breaks, then copy or download.

- Page: https://linguaholic.com/tools/remove-line-breaks/
- Type: free online tool (Text tools), no sign-up, runs in the browser
- Publisher: Linguaholic (https://linguaholic.com/), made by Marcel Iseli
- Last updated: October 3, 2026
- Open it pre-filled: https://linguaholic.com/tools/remove-line-breaks/?text=line%20one%0Aline%20two&mode=paragraphs&pdf=1
  - `text`: text to clean up (encode line breaks as %0A) (for example `line one%0Aline two`)
  - `mode`: spaces (default), paragraphs, join (remove completely), comma, custom, empty (remove empty lines), wrap (every N characters), sentences or split (at a character) (for example `paragraphs`)
  - `with`: text to put between lines (sets mode=custom); \t means a tab (for example ` / `)
  - `pdf`: 1 fixes PDF copy-paste: rejoins hyphenated words, removes soft hyphens, spells out ligatures (for example `1`)
  - `quotes`: 1 removes email quote marks (>) at the start of lines (for example `1`)
  - `collapse`: 1 (default) collapses double spaces and tabs, 0 keeps them (for example `0`)
  - `trim`: 1 (default) trims spaces at the start and end of lines, 0 keeps them (for example `0`)
  - `width`: line length for mode=wrap, 10 to 500 (default 72) (for example `60`)
  - `keepwords`: for mode=wrap: 1 (default) never cuts a word, 0 cuts exactly every N characters (for example `0`)
  - `delim`: character to start a new line at, for mode=split (default comma) (for example `;`)

## How to remove line breaks from text

**Remove Line Breaks** takes text that is broken into short lines and joins it back into normal, flowing paragraphs. It is made for text copied from PDFs, emails, websites and code, where a line break often sits at the end of every visible line instead of only at the end of a paragraph. It can also do the opposite and add line breaks where you want them.

1. **Paste your text** into the box. Nothing is uploaded; the cleanup runs in your browser.
2. **Choose how to remove the line breaks:** replace them with spaces, keep paragraphs, remove them completely, replace them with commas or with your own text, or only remove the empty lines.
3. **Pick the cleanup you need.** Trimming and collapsing extra spaces are on by default. Turn on *Fix text copied from a PDF* for words broken with a hyphen, and *Remove email quote marks* for replies.
4. **Check the counts and copy.** The tool shows how many line breaks it removed and the character, word and line counts before and after. Copy the result, download it as a .txt file, or move it back to the input to clean it again.

## Six ways to remove line breaks

Each mode suits a different job. Here is the same short note, with a line break in the middle of each sentence and a blank line between the two paragraphs, run through every mode (↵ marks a line break):

| Mode | Result |
| --- | --- |
| **Replace with spaces** Every line break becomes one space: wrapped lines turn into one flowing paragraph. | Pack a warm coat, good boots and a hat. The trail starts at the north gate. |
| **Keep paragraphs** Joins the lines inside each paragraph and keeps one blank line between paragraphs. | Pack a warm coat, good boots and a hat. ↵ ↵ The trail starts at the north gate. |
| **Remove completely** Deletes line breaks with nothing in their place, so the lines run straight into each other. | Pack a warm coat,good boots and a hat.The trail starts atthe north gate. |
| **Replace with commas** Turns a list with one item per line into one line: apple, pear, plum. Blank lines are skipped. | Pack a warm coat, good boots and a hat. The trail starts at, the north gate. |
| **Replace with…** Puts your own text between the lines, such as a slash, a semicolon or <br>. | Pack a warm coat, / good boots and a hat. / The trail starts at / the north gate. |
| **Remove empty lines** Keeps every line where it is and only deletes the blank lines between them. | Pack a warm coat, ↵ good boots and a hat. ↵ The trail starts at ↵ the north gate. |

**Replace with spaces** is the right choice most of the time: it turns any number of lines into one clean paragraph without gluing words together. **Remove completely** leaves nothing between the lines, which is what you want for a long code, a link or a number that was split over several lines, but it joins ordinary words (“hat.The”), so use it with care.

## Frequently asked questions

**How do I remove line breaks from text?**

Paste your text and choose Replace with spaces. Every line break becomes a single space, so wrapped lines turn back into one flowing paragraph. Copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

**How do I remove line breaks but keep paragraphs?**

Choose Keep paragraphs. The lines inside each paragraph are joined, and one blank line is kept between paragraphs. Paragraphs need a blank line between them in your text for the tool to tell them apart.

**How do I fix text copied from a PDF?**

Choose Keep paragraphs or Replace with spaces and turn on Fix text copied from a PDF. It rejoins words split with a hyphen at the end of a line, removes soft hyphens and spells out ligatures such as fi and fl. Check hyphenated words like well-known afterwards.

**How do I replace line breaks with commas?**

Choose Replace with commas. A list with one item per line becomes one line, such as apples, pears, plums. Blank lines are skipped. For another separator, choose Replace with… and type it.

**How do I remove line breaks in Word?**

Open Replace with Ctrl+H, type ^p (paragraph mark) or ^l (manual line break) in Find what, put a space in Replace with, and choose Replace All.

**How do I remove line breaks in Excel?**

Open Find and Replace with Ctrl+H, click in Find what and press Ctrl+J to enter a line break, type a space in Replace with, and choose Replace All. A formula also works: =SUBSTITUTE(A1, CHAR(10), " ").

**How do I add line breaks every N characters or after each sentence?**

Switch to Add line breaks. Every N characters wraps text at the length you choose without cutting words, After each sentence puts every sentence on its own line, and At a character starts a new line at each comma or another character.

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

A paragraph break (Enter) ends a paragraph, while a line break (Shift+Enter in most editors) starts a new line inside the same paragraph. In plain text both are line break characters, and paragraphs are shown with a blank line between them.

**Is my text uploaded anywhere?**

No. The tool runs entirely in your browser, so your text stays on your device. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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