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Collapse Newlines

Collapse multiple blank lines into a single blank line. Useful for cleaning documents, logs, and pasted text while keeping paragraph structure. Runs locally in your browser.

Input

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Output

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About this Collapse Newlines

Collapse Newlines reduces repeated empty lines so large gaps are cleaned up while preserving the general paragraph structure of the text.

This is useful for text copied from PDFs or emails that contains excessive blank lines. It does not remove normal line breaks inside paragraphs.

Common uses
  • Process text data quickly without external tools
  • Transform content for development workflows
  • Clean and format text for analysis
Tips
  • Enable Auto to transform as you type
  • Upload text files directly from your device
  • Download the result when done

FAQ

Is my text uploaded to a server?

No. Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent to a server.

Can I use this tool offline?

After the page loads once, it will typically keep working offline (unless you hard refresh with no cache).

Do you store my input?

No. Your input stays in your browser. Only optional preferences like theme or language may be stored.

What input formats are supported?

Any plain text. You can paste text directly into the input box.

Does it remove all blank lines?

No. It reduces multiple consecutive blank lines down to a single blank line.

Will it change non-empty lines?

No. Only sequences of newlines are collapsed. Line content remains unchanged.

How is this different from Remove Line Breaks?

Collapse Newlines keeps paragraphs and line breaks, just reduces excessive blank gaps. Remove Line Breaks joins everything into a single line.