Remove Empty Lines
Strip out blank and whitespace-only lines from any text.
How to use the Remove Empty Lines
- Paste text that has blank lines.
- The empty and whitespace-only lines are removed instantly.
- Copy the tidied result.
About the Remove Empty Lines
Blank lines arrive with pasted text whether you want them or not. Copy out of a PDF and every page break brings a gap with it; forward an email and the quoting adds them; export from a word processor and double-spacing becomes empty lines. This tool drops every one of them and closes the text back up.
A line counts as empty if it contains nothing at all or nothing but whitespace, so a line holding three spaces or a stray tab looks blank on screen and is treated as blank here. That is what you want, since those invisible lines are precisely the ones you cannot spot to delete by hand. Lines with real content pass through completely unchanged and stay in their original order — the tool only ever removes lines, it never edits them. That does mean leading indentation and trailing spaces on your real lines survive; if you want those gone too, follow up with the extra spaces remover, which trims each line and collapses runs of spaces and tabs.
It is worth being clear about the difference between this and deduplication: this removes lines that are empty, while the duplicate line remover removes lines that repeat. Running both, in either order, is the standard recipe for turning a messy pasted list into a clean one. Everything runs in your browser, so a list of addresses or internal data never leaves your device.
Frequently asked questions
Does it remove lines that contain only spaces?
Yes. A line holding only spaces or tabs is treated as empty and removed, which is usually what you want — those lines look identical to truly blank ones on screen but survive most other cleanup methods.
Does it change the lines it keeps?
No. Lines with content are passed through byte for byte and stay in their original order. Any indentation or trailing spaces on them are preserved — use the extra spaces remover if you want those trimmed as well.
Can I keep single blank lines and remove only the doubles?
Not with this tool — it removes every empty line, leaving no gaps at all. To restore paragraph spacing you would need to add the blank lines back where you want them.
What is the difference between this and removing duplicate lines?
This removes lines that are empty. The duplicate line remover removes lines that appear more than once, keeping the first of each. They solve different problems and are often used together.
Why does my text still look gapped after cleaning?
What looks like a gap is often a long line wrapping in the display rather than a real empty line, in which case there is nothing to remove. Genuine empty lines are always removed, including ones that hold only spaces or tabs.