# Remove line breaks

Join broken lines into clean paragraphs

Use it at https://www.quicktoolz.com/tools/remove-line-breaks. From QuickToolz.

Text copied from a PDF or an email often breaks at the end of every line. Paste it here, and each line break is replaced with a space. Tick Keep paragraphs to leave the gaps between paragraphs in place. It handles Windows and Unix line endings, and your text stays in your browser.

## How it works

Each line break becomes a space.

We treat a blank line as the end of a paragraph, and join everything else. Extra spaces at the ends of lines are removed.

Worked example: Text copied from a PDF often breaks at the end of every line. Paste it here, and each paragraph joins back into one line.

## Examples

| Input | Result |
| --- | --- |
| one⏎two | one two |
| a⏎b⏎⏎c | a b ¶ c |

## What this tool doesn't cover

- Hyphenated words split across lines aren’t rejoined.

## Questions

### Why does PDF text have so many line breaks?

A PDF stores text by its position on the page, so each line ends with a break when copied.

### Can I keep paragraphs?

Yes. Tick Keep paragraphs, and only the breaks inside each paragraph go.

### Is my text uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser, and your text isn’t saved or sent anywhere.

### How do I remove line breaks in text?

Paste the text and press the button. It joins the lines into one, and can keep your paragraph breaks.

### Why does pasted email text have broken lines?

Some email apps wrap lines at a fixed length. Removing the breaks lets the text flow again.

## Sources

- [Unicode Standard](https://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html)