Can I keep one blank line between sections?
Yes. Use collapse mode to keep single separators between content blocks.
Free Remove Empty Lines Online
Remove blank lines from text in one quick step.
Remove Empty Lines
Delete blank lines or collapse them to single separators in multiline text.
🔒 Processes data locally in your browser — input isn’t uploaded or stored.
What This Tool Does
Paste text, remove empty lines, and copy the cleaned output.
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How to Use
- Paste multiline text containing blank rows.
- Choose whether to remove all empty lines or collapse them to single separators.
- Run cleanup and copy compact output for import, publishing, or scripts.
Examples
- Clean copied logs with dozens of blank rows before importing to analysis tools.
- Collapse blank lines to keep readable section breaks in markdown drafts.
- Normalize text exports before sort/deduplicate passes.
Common Mistakes
- Removing intentional paragraph separators needed for readability.
- Treating whitespace-only lines as content without trim mode enabled.
- Pasting output into tools that expect original line numbering.
Workflow Notes
- Collapse mode is useful when you want paragraph separation but fewer blank rows.
- Trim-line option treats whitespace-only rows as empty and removes them consistently.
- Use with alphabetizer or dedupe tools for list normalization workflows.
Common Use Cases
- Tighten multiline exports before CSV/JSON processing.
- Clean copied logs and scripts by removing blank rows.
- Normalize text blocks before sorting or deduplication.
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FAQ
Does this detect whitespace-only lines?
Yes. Enable line-trim option to treat spaces/tabs-only rows as empty.
Will this affect non-empty lines?
No content words are removed. Only blank-line handling is modified.
Can I confirm how many lines were removed?
Yes. The status message reports before/after line totals and the number of removed empty rows.