Strip all blank and whitespace-only lines from text, collapse multiple consecutive blank lines into a single paragraph break, or trim leading and trailing empty lines—100% privately in your browser.
Intelligent blank and whitespace-only line remover
Remove Empty Lines scans multiline text line by line, identifies blank lines, and either deletes them completely or collapses repeated blank lines into a single separator. It preserves the exact order, spelling, indentation, Unicode characters, emojis, and scripts of every non-empty line—running locally in your browser with zero server uploads.
4 simple steps to clean up your text
Paste into the Input Text pane, drag & drop a .txt file, or import from a public URL.
Keep Remove All Blank Lines for compact lists, Collapse Consecutive Blank Lines for paragraphs, or Trim Leading & Trailing Only.
Decide whether lines containing only spaces or tabs should be treated as empty (enabled by default).
Review the live line statistics and click Copy or Download to save your cleaned .txt file.
Why hidden spaces and tabs matter when cleaning documents
Many text editors and regex snippets fail to clean documents properly because they only look for two adjacent newlines (\n\n). In real-world files copied from PDFs, emails, or IDEs, “blank” lines often contain hidden spaces or tab characters.
Contains zero characters between line breaks (line === ""). Always removed in all blank-line modes.
Contains spaces (" "), tabs ("\t"), or non-breaking spaces with no visible text. Removed when Remove whitespace-only lines is enabled, and counted separately in the statistics panel.
Choosing the right mode for lists, articles, or code
Deletes every blank line so every remaining line has content. Ideal for CSV columns, keyword lists, URLs, and log files.
Compresses runs of 2+ blank lines into a single blank line. Ideal for Markdown articles, essays, and copied web pages where paragraphs need a visual gap.
Strips accidental blank lines at the start and end of a selection while keeping every internal blank line untouched.
Practical scenarios where blank-line cleanup saves time
Strip double-spaced blank lines inserted by PDF viewers or email clients.
Remove empty rows before pasting into Excel, Google Sheets, or database imports.
Compact sparse log output so more entries fit on screen.
Normalize uneven spacing between paragraphs using Collapse Consecutive Blank Lines.
Complementary utilities for complete text cleanup
Each TextLivo utility solves a distinct cleanup task: Remove Duplicate Lines eliminates repeated content lines, Remove Line Breaks joins multiline text into a single line, Remove Extra Spaces collapses inline spaces, Sort Lines orders lists alphabetically or numerically, and Find and Replace Text performs bulk literal or regex substitutions.
Common questions about removing empty and whitespace-only lines
