Add Line Breaks to Text

This tool inserts line breaks into your text either by character length or after punctuation. You can control how the text is broken by adjusting options. Import files, format the text, and copy or export the result in seconds.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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Supported file types: .txt, .log, .md, .csv, .tsv, .html, .htm, .xml, .json, .yaml, .yml, .ini
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Options
Break by character count
Break after punctuation
Chars per line:

How to Use:

  1. Paste or type text into the Input Text box.
  2. Or import a supported file using Choose File.
  3. Adjust the options:
    • Break by character count (On) to split after every X characters.
    • Break after punctuation to insert line breaks after ., !, or ?.
    • Set the Chars per line limit (default: 50).
  4. The output appears instantly with breaks added.
  5. Copy or export the result, or clear everything with Clear All.

Example:

Input:

This is a long sentence. Here's another! Yet one more?

Output (with punctuation mode On):

This is a long sentence.
Here's another!
Yet one more?

Common Use Cases:

Use this tool to reformat long blocks of text for screen readers, poetry, subtitle files, or any case where controlled line length is needed. Helpful for improving readability or preparing content for display systems with limited width.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

Before dropping in line breaks, you might want to Remove Extra Spaces to clean things up a bit – cluttered spacing can throw off the flow. And if you’re going for a more formatted look afterward, Justify Text helps line things up nicely without weird gaps.

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