Remove Blank Lines

Instantly clean up your text by removing empty lines, extra spaces, and whitespace. Perfect for documents, code, and data processing.

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How to Remove Blank Lines

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Paste Text

Copy your text from any source and paste it into the input field above. Works with any text format.

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Choose Action

Select what you want to remove: blank lines, duplicate lines, extra spaces, or trim whitespace.

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Copy Results

Click clean, then copy your formatted text. See exactly how many lines were removed instantly.

All Cleaning Options

Remove Blank Lines

Deletes all empty lines

Removes any line that contains no visible characters, including lines with only spaces or tabs. Keeps your content compact and clean.

Remove Duplicates

Keeps unique lines only

Identifies and removes repeated lines, keeping only the first occurrence. Perfect for cleaning up lists and data exports.

Trim Lines

Remove leading/trailing spaces

Cleans whitespace from the beginning and end of each line. Preserves indentation structure while removing unwanted padding.

Remove Extra Space

Normalize whitespace

Converts multiple consecutive spaces to single spaces. Also removes extra blank lines, leaving maximum one blank line between paragraphs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I remove blank lines from text?

Simply paste your text into the input field and click the 'Remove All Blank Lines' button. The tool will instantly process your text and remove any lines that are empty or contain only whitespace characters. You can then copy the cleaned text to use in your documents or code.

What counts as a blank line?

A blank line is any line that contains no visible characters. This includes completely empty lines as well as lines that contain only whitespace characters like spaces or tabs. Our tool detects and removes all such lines to give you clean, compact text.

Will this tool remove indentation spaces?

The 'Remove Blank Lines' function preserves indentation on lines that contain text. It only removes lines that are entirely empty or contain only whitespace. If you want to remove leading/trailing spaces from text lines, use the 'Trim Lines' option which cleans whitespace while preserving the actual content.

Can I remove duplicate lines as well?

Yes, our tool includes a 'Remove Duplicates' feature that removes repeated lines from your text. This is useful for cleaning up lists, data exports, or any text where duplicate entries may exist. The tool keeps the first occurrence of each unique line.

Is my text data secure?

Absolutely. All text processing happens directly in your web browser using JavaScript. Your text is never sent to any external server, ensuring complete privacy and security. This also means the tool works offline once the page has loaded.

Perfect For

Our blank line remover helps professionals and creators worldwide

Developers

Clean up code files

Data Analysts

Process CSV data

Writers

Format documents

Database Admins

Clean SQL scripts

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