How do I remove linebreaks in Notepad++?

Question

Is there a simple way of removing linebreaks in Notepad++?

For example:

This text has been splitted
in lines, and it's longer than
3200 words, so it would be great
to find and replace line breaks
like these.

If you are looking to compose something like a URL from putting the URI parameters on multiple lines, then this answer is a bit more helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13990281/501113 — chaotic3quilibrium, Aug 19 '15 at 15:37
Do you expect spaces added: "This text has been splitted in lines, and it's longer than 3200 words..." or no spaces added: "This text has been splittedin lines, and it's longer than3200 words..." Each result requires a different technique. — ndemarco, Nov 05 '21 at 14:17

James P · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-10T14:26:20.690

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Highlight the lines you want to join (or use Ctrl + A to select everything)
Choose Edit → Line Operations → Join Lines from the menu or press Ctrl + J.

It will put in spaces automatically if necessary to prevent words from getting stuck together

edited Feb 10 '14 at 14:26

answered Dec 12 '12 at 09:21

James P

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Thanks but i has to be done one by one, is there a way to do this for the entire document? – Gabriel Dec 12 '12 at 09:28
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I get it now, I selected the entire document and works exactly like I needed! – Gabriel Dec 12 '12 at 09:29
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CTRL J is the shortcut – user640378 Jan 15 '14 at 15:46
Tip: You might need to hit CTRL + J more than once. Do not use >View >Word wrap, to better see the linebreaks. – Avatar Nov 29 '16 at 11:54
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how can I *disable* adding spaces? – Keith Tyler Mar 07 '17 at 21:17
I think you would have to use the Find/Replace method given in the other answers, you need to leave the Replace text completely empy – James P Mar 08 '17 at 08:08
Is there a hack to also rejoin words that were hyphenated across lines? – Eike P. Mar 01 '23 at 17:26

Ofiris · Answer 2 · 2013-01-12T16:51:06.343

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CTRL+H

In Search Mode pick Extended

Find - \r\n Replace - leave it empty.

edited Jan 12 '13 at 16:51

answered Dec 12 '12 at 09:18

Ofiris

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I believe it needs to be **\r\n** since this is for Windows. – James P Dec 12 '12 at 09:25
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It should be `\r\n` and the replace field should contain one space character. – amiregelz Dec 12 '12 at 09:29
@JamesP, what is the difference? And why so in Windows? – user1993 Jun 25 '17 at 08:16
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@user1993: The Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline has detailed information about how linebreaks work on different operating systems. – James P Jun 29 '17 at 08:53

Alan M · Answer 3 · 2015-08-31T22:52:43.400

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For me, using Win 7, I had to use

\r

in the Find box and type in <space> in the Replace box so that there is a single space between the last word of the current line and the first word of the next line.

edited Aug 31 '15 at 22:52

answered Aug 28 '15 at 00:13

Alan M

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Did you mean `\n` – Prasanna Aug 28 '15 at 05:59
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No, I mean \r. \n does nothing on my system. – Alan M Aug 31 '15 at 22:53

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