Remove empty lines

Uses a regular expressions to automatically get rid of new lines that don’t have any text in them.

Actions Used

shortcuts-action-icon-copy-to-clipboard.webp
Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
shortcuts-action-icon-replace-text.webp
Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.
shortcuts-action-icon-show-notification.webp
Show Notification
Displays a local notification.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Remove%20empty%20lines
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Remove%20empty%20lines
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Remove empty lines” end tell

More From This Folder

Change text case

Takes the input from the Share sheet or clipboard, lets you choose from UPPERCASE, lowercase, Capitalizing Every Word, swapping to Title Case, or swapping to Sentence case, and copies it to your clipboard.

Get Shortcut »

Special characters

Contains a dictionary of names and symbols that, when passed into Choose From List, becomes selectable – for whichever option is chosen, the corresponding symbol will be passed out and copied to the clipboard.

Get Shortcut »

More From The Library

Open a folder

Prompts you to type in a folder name, then opens that folder in Shortcuts. Assigned to Shift + Control + O as a keyboard shortcut on macOS, and placed in the iPad dock.

Get Shortcut »


Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.