Remove Empty Lines
Remove empty lines and delete blank lines from text. Strip all blank lines or collapse multiple blanks into one, treat whitespace-only lines as empty, and trim trailing spaces.
ToolsSoup's Remove Empty Lines tool is a free online utility that deletes blank lines from any text in one click. Paste your content and instantly strip out every empty line, or collapse runs of consecutive blank lines down to a single spacer. You can also treat whitespace-only lines (lines that contain just spaces or tabs) as empty and trim trailing spaces from the lines you keep. The cleaned text appears as the primary output with a summary of how many lines were kept and how many blank lines were removed, ready to copy. Everything runs in your browser — no uploads, no sign-up, and your text never leaves your device.
What does removing empty lines mean?
Removing empty lines means deleting the blank rows in a block of text so the remaining content sits together without gaps. Empty lines often pile up when you copy from PDFs, emails, spreadsheets, or word processors, and they make code, lists, CSV data, and prose harder to read. This dedicated tool gives you two ways to clean them: delete every blank line, or collapse several consecutive blank lines into a single one to keep paragraph spacing. It can also count whitespace-only lines as empty and trim trailing spaces from the lines that stay.
How to remove empty lines online
Deleting blank lines with ToolsSoup takes just a few seconds:
- Type directly into the text box or paste the text you want to clean.
- Choose a mode — remove all blank lines, or collapse multiple blanks into one — and turn on treat whitespace-only lines as empty or trim trailing spaces if you need them.
- Click Remove empty lines, check the kept and removed counts, then click Copy result to grab your cleaned text.
Remove all blanks vs. collapse multiple blanks
Remove all blank lines deletes every empty row, packing the remaining lines tightly together — ideal for cleaning lists, code, or data where any gap is unwanted. Collapse multiple blanks into one keeps a single blank line wherever there were one or more in a row, and strips leading and trailing blank lines, which preserves the visual separation between paragraphs while removing the extra spacing. Treat whitespace-only lines as empty makes lines that contain only spaces or tabs count as blank, so invisible spacing is cleaned too. Trim trailing spaces removes spaces and tabs at the end of every kept line.
Remove empty lines vs. remove duplicate lines
Removing empty lines targets blank rows — lines with no visible content — while removing duplicate lines targets repeated content. They solve different problems and you can use them in sequence: strip the blanks first to tidy spacing, then deduplicate to keep only unique entries. If you also need to count lines or check uniqueness, a line counter reports the numbers, but this tool actually produces the cleaned text with the empty lines gone.
Why use this remove empty lines tool?
- Delete every blank line from any text in one click, with the cleaned text as the main output.
- Collapse multiple consecutive blank lines into a single one to keep paragraph spacing.
- Optionally treat whitespace-only lines as empty so invisible spacing is removed too.
- Trim trailing spaces from the lines you keep for tidy, consistent output.
- See how many lines were kept and how many blank lines were removed.
- Runs entirely in your browser — your text is never uploaded, and the result copies in one click.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove empty lines from my text?
Paste your text into the box, choose whether to remove all blank lines or collapse multiple blanks into one, and click Remove empty lines. The cleaned text appears in the result box ready to copy, along with a count of how many blank lines were removed.
What is the difference between removing and collapsing blank lines?
Remove all blank lines deletes every empty row so the remaining lines sit together. Collapse multiple blanks into one keeps a single blank line wherever there were one or more in a row, which preserves the spacing between paragraphs while removing the extra gaps.
Can it remove lines that only contain spaces or tabs?
Yes. Turn on Treat whitespace-only lines as empty and any line made up of only spaces or tabs is counted as blank and removed, so invisible whitespace lines are cleaned too.
Does it also trim trailing spaces?
If you want it to. Turn on Trim trailing spaces and the tool removes spaces and tabs at the end of every line it keeps, giving you clean, consistent output without changing the line content itself.
Will it change the order of my lines?
No. The tool only deletes blank lines and, optionally, trims trailing spaces. Every non-empty line stays in its original order, so your content is preserved exactly minus the empty rows.
Is my text private?
Absolutely. All cleaning happens locally in your browser using JavaScript, so the text you enter is never sent to or stored on any server.