🔧 What Is a Line Break Remover?
A line break remover is a tool that strips or converts newline characters from text, turning multi-line content into a clean single-line or properly formatted output. When you copy text from PDFs, emails, or web pages, unwanted line breaks often sneak in and break the flow of your content. These stray line breaks can cause formatting issues in documents, code editors, spreadsheets, and messaging apps. This tool offers four distinct modes — line breaks to spaces, remove all whitespace, normalize whitespace, and remove empty lines — so you can pick the right cleanup strategy for any situation.
💡 Common Use Cases
- Cleaning PDF-Copied Text — PDFs insert hard line breaks at the end of every visual line. Removing them restores the text into natural, flowing paragraphs.
- Email Formatting — When pasting email content into documents or forms, stray line breaks can create messy layouts. This tool cleans them up instantly.
- One-Lining Code Snippets — Merge multi-line SQL queries, JSON payloads, or CSV rows into a single line for use in command-line tools, API calls, or config files.
- Social Media Posts — Convert drafts written in text editors into properly formatted posts by removing unnecessary line breaks while preserving intentional paragraph spacing.
📋 Types of Line Break Characters
Different operating systems use different characters to represent line breaks. This tool automatically detects and handles all formats.
\n(LF) — Used by Unix, Linux, and macOS\r\n(CRLF) — Used by Windows\r(CR) — Used by legacy Mac OS (pre-OS X)
Frequently Asked Questions
Will removing line breaks merge words together?▼
Not if you use the "Line Breaks to Spaces" mode. It replaces each line break with a space so words stay separated naturally. If you want everything joined without spaces, use "Remove All Whitespace" instead.
Can I clean up text copied from a PDF?▼
Absolutely. PDFs typically insert a hard line break at the end of every displayed line. Use "Line Breaks to Spaces" to convert them into a clean, continuous paragraph in one click.
What is the difference between "Normalize Whitespace" and "Line Breaks to Spaces"?▼
"Line Breaks to Spaces" converts all line breaks into spaces and collapses everything into a single line. "Normalize Whitespace" reduces consecutive spaces to one and trims excess blank lines, but preserves paragraph breaks (single blank lines) for readability.
What is Line Break Remover?
Quickly remove unwanted line breaks and extra whitespace from your text. Perfect for cleaning up text copied from PDFs, emails, or documents. Merge lines into a single paragraph instantly.