Remove Blank Lines

Some lines look empty but contain hidden spaces or tabs. Paste your text below and TextVix removes every blank line, visible or not.

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Add your text, then press Remove blank lines.

How to use Remove Blank Lines

  1. Paste your text into the input box.
  2. Pick a mode: remove all blank lines, keep single spacing between paragraphs, or trim blank lines at the start and end only.
  3. Copy or download the cleaned text.

Example

Before
Line one
   
	
Line two

Line three
After
Line one
Line two
Line three

Lines containing only spaces or tabs are removed too.

Good for

  • Cleaning exports where empty cells became whitespace-only lines
  • Tidying copied code that has indentation on otherwise empty lines
  • Preparing text for tools that treat whitespace lines as data

What happens to your text

Your text is processed in your browser and kept only in this tab’s memory. It is not uploaded, saved or used for analytics.

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    How to Remove Blank Lines

    Delete blank and empty lines from text, code or a list — keep paragraph breaks if you want. Online, in Word, in VS Code and on the command line.

Questions about Remove Blank Lines

More answers in the TextVix FAQ.

What counts as a blank line?

Any line that is empty or contains only whitespace characters such as spaces, tabs or non-breaking spaces.

Does it remove spaces inside my other lines?

No. Only whole blank lines are removed. Use Trim Whitespace or Remove Extra Spaces to clean spacing inside lines.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your text and files are never sent to a server or stored.