Convert multiple blank lines into a single blank line

This tool converts multiple consecutive blank lines in your text into a reduced number of blank lines. It offers several options: • Basic conversion: Replace any occurrence of two or more consecutive blank lines with a single blank line. • Preserve leading and trailing blank lines: Convert only the internal blank lines while preserving blank lines at the beginning and end of the text. • Custom placeholder: Replace groups of blank lines with a custom placeholder string (using the placeholder <code>{placeholder}</code>). • Custom blank lines count: Instead of a single blank line, preserve a user-defined number of blank lines. Simply enter your text, select an option below, and click the process button.

Input Text

Output Text

Conversion Modes:

Convert All Multiple Blank Lines to a Single Blank Line
Replaces any occurrence of two or more consecutive blank lines with a single blank line.

Preserve Leading/Trailing Blank Lines
Converts multiple blank lines in the middle of the text into a single blank line, while preserving blank lines at the beginning and end.

Replace Multiple Blank Lines with a Custom Placeholder
Replaces groups of blank lines with a custom string. Use {placeholder} in your custom format to represent the replacement.

Preserve a Custom Number of Blank Lines
Instead of converting to a single blank line, preserves a user-defined number of blank lines. Enter the desired count (e.g., 2).

Examples:

Basic Conversion

Converts any instance of multiple blank lines into a single blank line.

Before:

Line one.

Line two.


Line three.

After:

Line one.

Line two.

Line three.

Preserve Leading/Trailing Blank Lines

Converts multiple blank lines only in the middle of the text, leaving the leading and trailing blank lines intact.

Before:

  
Intro line.

Middle line.


End line.

After:

  
Intro line.

Middle line.

End line.

Custom Placeholder Replacement

Replaces groups of blank lines with a custom placeholder string.

Before:

Paragraph one.


Paragraph two.

After (Format "[{placeholder}]"):

Paragraph one.
[{placeholder}]
Paragraph two.

Custom Blank Lines Count

Replaces multiple blank lines with a user-defined number of blank lines.

Before:

Start of text.


Middle section.


End of text.

After (Preserving 2 blank lines):

Start of text.


Middle section.


End of text.