About the Remove Line Breaks
Text copied from PDFs, emails and some websites often arrives with a line break at the end of every line, which looks messy when you paste it into a document or message. Tezmy's Remove Line Breaks tool joins those broken lines back into flowing sentences. Keep real paragraph breaks, replace every break with a space, or remove them completely, and clean up doubled spaces and stray spaces at the start and end of lines at the same time.
Updated September 2026
How to use the Remove Line Breaks
- 1Paste the text with unwanted line breaks.
- 2Choose Spaces, Keep paragraphs or Nothing.
- 3Tick the clean-up options you want.
- 4Copy the clean text.
Why text breaks into short lines
PDFs store text as it looks on the page, so each printed line ends with a line break. When you copy it, those breaks come along and your sentences are chopped into pieces. Emails and some websites do the same. This tool joins the lines back into normal, flowing paragraphs.
Which option to choose
- Keep paragraphs: joins lines inside each paragraph but keeps the blank line between paragraphs. Best for most PDF text.
- Replace with a space: turns the whole text into one long paragraph.
- Nothing: removes breaks without adding spaces, useful for joining broken words, codes or long numbers.
Clean up spacing at the same time
Turn on the spacing options to replace double spaces with single ones and trim spaces at the start and end of lines. The result is ready to paste into Word, Google Docs, an email or a social media post without further tidying.
Next steps
Count the words with Word Counter, fix capitals with Case Converter, or listen to the text with Text to Speech. To get the text out of a PDF in the first place, use PDF to Text.
Use it on any device
Clean up text copied from an email or PDF on your phone before posting it, or on your computer before pasting into a report. Open this page in Safari, Chrome or Edge on your phone, tablet or computer. There's nothing to install and no sign-up, and everything runs on your own device, so what you type is never uploaded.
Features
- Join broken lines
- Keep paragraph breaks
- Remove double spaces
- Trim spaces on each line
- Instant results
- Private: nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
Why does text from PDFs have so many line breaks?
PDFs store text line by line as it appears on the page. When you copy it, each line ends with a break, even in the middle of a sentence.
What does “Keep paragraphs” do?
It joins lines inside each paragraph but keeps the blank lines between paragraphs, so your text stays organised.
When should I choose “Nothing”?
When lines were split in the middle of a word or number, such as long links, codes or IDs that wrapped onto several lines.
Does it remove spaces between words?
No. It only removes line breaks and, if you choose, extra repeated spaces. Normal single spaces stay.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser.
How do I fix text copied from a PDF?
Paste it here and choose Keep paragraphs. Broken lines are joined into sentences while real paragraph breaks stay.
Will it join words that were split with a hyphen?
Words split across lines with a hyphen stay split, because a hyphen might be real. Check hyphenated words at line ends after cleaning.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Paste the text, choose an option and tap Copy to paste the cleaned text into any app.
Is it free?
Yes. No sign-up, no limits, and your text is never uploaded.