Remove Line Numbers | A free, easy online tool

Text with line numbers

Line Numbers Removed (0)

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How the Remove Line Numbers Tool Works

This tool automatically detects and removes line numbers from your text, regardless of the separator style used. It recognizes common patterns like "1. ", "1: ", "1) ", "1 - ", or just "1 " and cleanly removes them while preserving your original content.

Supported Formats

Period: 1. Text → Text
Colon: 1: Text → Text
Parenthesis: 1) Text → Text
Dash: 1 - Text → Text
Space: 1 Text → Text
Padded Numbers: 001 Text → Text

Common Use Cases

Code Cleanup: Remove line numbers from copied code snippets
Document Processing: Clean up numbered text from PDFs or other sources
Text Extraction: Extract content from numbered lists or logs
Format Conversion: Prepare text for reformatting or processing
Copy-Paste Cleanup: Clean text copied from terminals or IDEs

Features

Automatically detects various line number formats
Preserves original text content and formatting
Shows count of lines with numbers removed
Handles padded numbers (like 001, 002)
Works with any separator style

Example

Input:

1. First line of text
2. Second line of text
3. Third line of text

Output:

First line of text
Second line of text
Third line of text

Tips

The tool recognizes numbers at the beginning of lines only
Lines without numbers are left unchanged
Works with multi-digit line numbers
Preserves indentation after the line number

Privacy & Security

All processing happens directly in your browser. No data is sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy and security of your content.

Text Formatting Tools

Remove Spaces - Instantly remove spaces from your text, or if you like, only double spaces
Remove Line Breaks - Instantly remove line breaks from the text you type or paste
Remove Duplicate Lines - Instantly remove lines that appear multiple times in a list
Remove Empty Lines - Instantly remove blank lines from any text
Text Reverser - Instantly reverse any text online.
Add Line Number - Add line numbers to any text online. Choose from different separator styles like period, colon, or dash.