---
title: "Remove empty lines — free, runs in your browser"
description: "Delete blank lines from a block of text, optionally collapsing runs to one. Free, no sign-up, and nothing you enter leaves your browser."
url: https://atoneplace.net/tools/remove-empty-lines/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Remove empty lines

Delete blank lines from a block of text, optionally collapsing runs to one.

## How it works

Removes blank lines from pasted text. Lines containing only spaces or tabs count as blank, which is what people usually want — a line that looks empty but holds a stray space is still clutter.

The collapse option is the gentler version: instead of removing every blank line, it reduces runs of two or more down to a single blank, so paragraph breaks survive while double and triple spacing does not.

> This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to a server, logged or stored, and the page keeps working with the network disconnected.

## Common questions

### Does a line with only spaces count as empty?

Yes. Lines containing nothing but whitespace are treated as blank, since that is almost always the intent.

### How do I keep paragraph breaks?

Use the collapse option, which reduces runs of blank lines to one instead of removing them all.

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