Split Text Into Lines

Split Text Into Lines takes a single blob of text and breaks it apart wherever your chosen delimiter appears, giving you a tidy list with one item on each line. Whether your data is separated by commas, semicolons, pipes, tabs, or a word of your own choosing, the tool turns a horizontal run of values into a clean vertical column that is ready to paste into a spreadsheet, an editor, or another tool.

This is the everyday workhorse for reshaping exported data, copied lists, and configuration strings. Support agents split comma-separated tags, developers turn a query string into individual parameters, and marketers convert a run of keywords into a list they can act on line by line. Because you control the delimiter exactly, even unusual separators are handled without writing a script or opening a code editor.

Everything happens locally in your browser using JavaScript, so nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Type the delimiter, decide whether to trim spaces and drop empty items, and read the resulting list instantly. Since the processing never leaves your device, even confidential exports and internal lists stay completely private while you work.

Features

• Splits on any delimiter you type, from a single comma to a multi-character phrase.
• Understands escape sequences so \t splits on tabs and \n splits on line breaks.
• Trims leading and trailing whitespace from each item so the list stays clean.
• Optionally removes empty items caused by trailing or doubled delimiters.
• Outputs one value per line, ready to copy straight into a spreadsheet column.
• Reports how many items were produced and echoes the delimiter you used.
• Runs entirely in your browser, keeping exported and internal data private.

How to use Split Text Into Lines

1. Paste the text you want to split into the input box on the left.
2. Type the delimiter to split on — use \t for a tab or \n for a newline.
3. Leave Trim items on to strip stray spaces around each value.
4. Keep Remove empty items enabled to discard blanks from doubled delimiters.
5. Read the one-per-line output and confirm the item count in the stats panel.
6. Copy the list to your clipboard or download it as a TXT file.

Benefits

• Turns comma or tab separated exports into a vertical list without a spreadsheet.
• Lets you choose any separator, so unusual formats are handled instantly.
• Cleans up spacing and blanks so the resulting list is ready to use.
• Saves developers from writing throwaway split scripts for quick jobs.
• Keeps confidential data on your device because nothing is ever uploaded.
• Pairs with sorters and dedupers to build a full list-cleaning workflow.

The escape-sequence support makes the tool far more flexible than a simple find-and-replace. Typing \t treats each tab as a break point, which is perfect for splitting a row copied out of a spreadsheet, while \n lets you re-flow text that already contains newlines mixed with other separators. Multi-character delimiters are supported too, so you can split on a string like " | " or ", " and keep the surrounding spaces out of your items.

After splitting, the trim and remove-empty options do the tidying you would otherwise do by hand. Trimming removes the spaces that usually follow a comma, and removing empty items discards the blank entries created by a trailing delimiter or two separators in a row. For a complete workflow, feed the result into a duplicate remover or a sorter to produce a final, deduplicated, alphabetised list.