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Remove Consecutive Empty Lines

How does it work?

This tool removes consecutive empty lines from your text, keeping only a specified maximum number of empty lines in a row (default is 1). This helps clean up text with excessive spacing while preserving paragraph breaks.

Example of removing consecutive empty lines

Original text

First paragraph with content.


Second paragraph.



Third paragraph with multiple
lines of content.




Fourth paragraph after too many empty lines.

Max 1 empty line (default)

First paragraph with content.

Second paragraph.

Third paragraph with multiple
lines of content.

Fourth paragraph after too many empty lines.

Max 0 empty lines

First paragraph with content.
Second paragraph.
Third paragraph with multiple
lines of content.
Fourth paragraph after too many empty lines.

This tool is useful for:

Cleaning up text with excessive line breaks
Standardizing spacing between paragraphs
Preparing text for publishing or formatting
Normalizing text from different sources
Reducing file size by removing unnecessary whitespace

Options:

Maximum consecutive empty lines: Controls how many consecutive empty lines to keep. Set to 0 to remove all empty lines, 1 to keep single empty lines between paragraphs, etc.

Note:

This tool preserves the original content of lines, including indentation and spaces. Only completely empty lines (or lines with only whitespace) are considered for removal.

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