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Remove Empty Lines

Remove empty lines from text with the free blank line remover. It deletes blank and whitespace-only rows instantly, tightening up lists, logs and pasted documents in your browser. The remaining lines stay in their original order.

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Result

What is Remove Empty Lines?

A remove empty lines tool strips blank rows from a block of text so the remaining content sits together. Most text copied from web pages, emails or documents is peppered with empty lines, and some of those “empty” lines actually contain invisible spaces and tabs that a normal delete or a find-and-replace will miss. This tool treats a line as blank when nothing remains after stripping spaces and tabs, so it catches both truly empty rows and ones that only look empty. It leaves the text you keep exactly as written — it does not reflow, rewrap or reorder anything. The result is a compact, readable block with no wasted space. Developers use it to tidy up config and data files, writers use it to remove the phantom line breaks that appear after copying, and anyone pasting into a checklist or CSV gets a cleaner result. It is also handy for the text you drop into a form, a chat message or a comment box, where an empty row often renders as an awkward gap.

How to use Remove Empty Lines

Paste or type your text into the input box.
Click “Remove Empty Lines” to delete blank and whitespace-only rows.
Copy the cleaned result from the output box.

Example

Input: apple banana cherry Output: apple banana cherry The blank row and the row holding only spaces are both removed, while apple, banana and cherry stay exactly as they were.

Common use cases

Tidying up text and lists pasted from websites, emails or documents.
Preparing data or configuration files where blank rows cause parse errors.
Compacting a long log or output file before analysis or sharing.
Cleaning raw text before a word count, diff or comparison.

Pro tips

Whitespace-only lines are removed too, so a “looks empty” row does not survive the pass.
Run a separate trim afterwards if each kept line still carries edge spaces.
Keep a copy of the source so you can restore intentional paragraph breaks if needed.

FAQ

What counts as an empty line?

Any line that is blank or contains only spaces and tabs is removed.

Does it change my other text?

No. It only deletes blank and whitespace-only lines, keeping the remaining text exactly as written.

Does it remove lines with only a tab?

Yes. A line holding only tabs or spaces is treated as blank and removed.

Will it collapse paragraphs?

No. It keeps the remaining lines in their original order.

Is it free?

Yes, free and unlimited with no signup.

Is my text stored anywhere?

No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded or stored.

Can I use it to tidy a list?

Yes. It tightens a list by removing the accidental blank rows that appear when pasting.

What if I still want a blank gap?

Remove all the empty lines first, then add the gaps you actually want.