CSV Line Remover Online | CSV Cleaner & Formatter
Free online CSV line remover for cleaning CSV data by removing unwanted newlines within quoted fields. This powerful CSV formatter and cleaner helps fix CSV files that have been corrupted with line breaks inside quoted text, making them compatible with standard CSV parsers, spreadsheet applications, and data analysis tools for improved data processing workflows.
Clean CSV data by removing unwanted newlines within quoted fields. This tool helps fix CSV files that have been corrupted with line breaks inside quoted text.
About this tool
This tool fixes CSV files containing unwanted line breaks within quoted fields. When CSV data contains newlines inside quoted values, it can break standard CSV parsers. This tool identifies text within quotes and either removes the newlines or replaces them with a character of your choice.
Typical Use Cases
The CSV New Line Remover is designed for data analysts, engineers, and anyone working with CSV files that contain unwanted line breaks. Common use cases include:
• Cleaning CSV data exported from databases or spreadsheets
• Preparing CSV files for import into data analysis tools
• Repairing corrupted CSV files with newlines inside quoted text
• Standardizing CSV formatting for consistent data processing
How It Works
This tool scans CSV content and identifies text within quote characters. When it finds a newline character inside quoted text, it either removes the newline or replaces it with a character of your choice, depending on your settings.
The algorithm carefully tracks whether it's currently within quoted text or not, ensuring it only modifies newlines that would otherwise break CSV parsing. Quotes within the CSV that are properly escaped are handled correctly and don't affect the processing.
Options Explained
• Quote Character: Choose whether your CSV uses double quotes (") or single quotes (') to surround text fields.
• Preserve Newlines: Toggle whether to keep the newlines in the output (useful if you need to maintain the text structure but want the file to be parseable).
• Replace With: If not preserving newlines, choose what character should replace them - typically a space or pipe character.