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Remove empty lines

Remove blank lines from pasted text while preserving the content and indentation of the lines you keep.

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Using Remove empty lines
Paste a list or document to remove empty rows. By default, lines containing only whitespace are removed too; Options lets you retain those rows if they carry meaning.
The remaining lines keep their original spaces and punctuation. Windows and old Mac line endings become ordinary line breaks in the copied or downloaded text.
Next: Remove line breaks
A worked example
“First line”, a blank line and “Second line” become two adjacent lines. Spaces inside either nonempty line are preserved.
Next: Character counter
Before you use the result
This removes whole blank lines, not extra spaces inside text. The final output has no empty trailing row unless you choose to retain a whitespace-only row.
Next: Word counter
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