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Remove Duplicate Lines

Remove repeated lines from a list in one click, keeping the first of each.

  • 100% free
  • Keeps the original order
  • Runs in your browser
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Last reviewed by the OnlineToolPro team

What is the Remove Duplicate Lines?

Paste any list and get back only the unique lines, in their original order. You can ignore differences in capital letters, trim stray spaces and drop empty lines.

How it works

How to use the Remove Duplicate Lines

3 simple steps. No experience needed.

What can you use it for?

  • Clean up an email or contact list before importing it.
  • Remove repeated keywords or tags from a list.
  • Tidy up data copied from a spreadsheet.

What counts as a duplicate

Two lines are duplicates when they match exactly. Turn on “Ignore capital letters” to treat “Apple” and “apple” as the same line, and “Trim spaces” so a stray space at the start or end doesn't make a line look unique.

Empty lines are kept by default. Turn on “Remove empty lines” to drop them too.

Common uses

Cleaning email lists before an import, removing repeated keywords from a spreadsheet column, or de-duplicating log lines. Paste straight from Excel or Google Sheets — each cell in a column becomes one line.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which copy of a duplicate is kept?

The first one. Later repeats are removed, and the order of everything else stays the same.

Does “Apple” count as a duplicate of “apple”?

Only if you turn on “Ignore capital letters”.

Is there a size limit?

No practical limit — tens of thousands of lines work fine in a modern browser.

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