How do I remove line breaks from text copied from a PDF?

Paste the text, choose the PDF copy fix preset or Keep paragraphs mode, and the tool joins the broken lines while keeping real paragraph gaps and fixing split words.

Can I keep paragraphs but remove the other line breaks?

Yes. Keep paragraphs mode removes single breaks inside a paragraph and keeps blank lines between paragraphs.

Can I replace line breaks with commas?

Yes. Set Join lines with to Comma, or choose Custom to use any separator. This is handy for turning a list into a comma-separated line.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. The text is processed in your browser and is never sent to a server.

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

A line break ends one line; a paragraph break is usually an empty line between two blocks of text. The tool can treat them differently.

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Remove line breaksNew

Remove line breaks and fix text copied from PDFs and emails.

No uploadNo signupWorks offline

Your textResult

Breaks before

Breaks after

Removed

Characters

Paste some text to start.

Quick presets

What to do with line breaks

Join lines with

Re-join hyphenated wordsCollapse double spaces

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About remove line breaks

Remove line breaks turns broken, choppy text into clean flowing paragraphs. It is built for text copied from PDFs, emails, Word documents and websites, where every line ends with an unwanted break.

Choose to remove every break, keep paragraphs, keep breaks only after sentence ends, or replace each break with a comma, space or any text you like. Hyphenated words that were split across lines are joined back together.

Advanced options clean extra spaces, invisible characters, HTML tags, bullets, line numbers and email reply marks, and add find and replace, case changes and re-wrapping. Everything runs in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.

How to use Remove line breaks

1Paste your text into the left box.
2Pick a mode: remove all breaks, keep paragraphs or smart.
3Choose what joins the lines, such as a space or a comma.
4Open Advanced for cleanup, find and replace or formatting.
5Copy the result or download it as a .txt file.

What it does

Four modes: remove all, keep paragraphs, smart and replace with text
Join lines with a space, comma, semicolon, pipe, tab or custom text
Re-joins words split with a hyphen at the end of a line
Keeps list items, headings, code blocks or short title lines if you want
Cleans double spaces, tabs, invisible and non-breaking characters
Strips HTML tags, bullets, line numbers, links, emails and emoji
Find and replace with optional regular expressions
Change letter case, re-wrap to a set width and pick Windows or Mac line endings
Live before/after line-break counts
100% in your browser, nothing is uploaded

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