Need to quickly remove duplicate lines from a list? This free Remove Duplicate Lines tool lets you paste any block of text and instantly keep only the unique lines. It’s ideal for cleaning CSV exports, text files, code snippets, keyword lists, email lists, and more – right in your browser at https://www.coderstool.com/remove-duplicate-lines.

What the Remove Duplicate Lines tool does

The Remove Duplicate Lines tool scans your text line by line and compares each entry against the rest of the list. Any duplicates are removed so that only unique lines remain. You can also:

Control sort order – leave the order as-is, or sort A–Z, Z–A, ASCII, short-to-long, long-to-short, or random.
Adjust letter case handling – ignore case, convert to lower, UPPER, or Title Case.
Apply cleanup options – trim leading/trailing spaces, strip punctuation/brackets, or remove HTML tags before deduping.

Once processed, your list is rebuilt with only one instance of each line, making it much easier to reuse or analyze your data.

This tool is part of Coderstool’s Text Content Tools collection, built to help developers, SEOs, and content creators clean and manage text with minimal effort.

Who this tool is for

Use the Remove Duplicate Lines tool if you:

Work with CSV exports or spreadsheets and want to remove repeated rows based on text.
Maintain keyword lists and need to keep only one instance of each term.
Manage email or URL lists and want to strip duplicates before uploading to another system.
Clean log files, config files, or code blocks where repeated lines cause confusion or errors.
Prepare text content (tags, categories, labels, etc.) and want a simple way to deduplicate it.

If you work with longer lists or domain-level URLs, you can combine this with URL List Cleaner for more advanced URL-specific cleanup.

How to use the Remove Duplicate Lines tool

1. Paste or type your text

Go to https://www.coderstool.com/remove-duplicate-lines.
Paste your list into the main textbox (or type it directly).
- Each line will be treated as an individual item.
- This can be product names, IDs, URLs, email addresses, tags, etc.

2. Configure output data options

Under “Output Data Options”, you can control how the final list looks:

Sort Order
- None – preserves the original order; only duplicates are removed.
- A–Z / Z–A – alphabetical ascending or descending.
- Ascii – ASCII-based ordering.
- Short to long / Long to short – based on line length.
- Randomize – shuffle your unique lines randomly.
Letter Case
- Ignore – treats Product A and product a as different unless you normalize first.
- Lower – converts all lines to lowercase.
- Upper – converts all lines to UPPERCASE.
- Title – capitalizes as Title Case.

Tip: If you want PRODUCT AAA and product aaa to be considered the same line, choose a case normalization option (e.g., Lower) before removing duplicates.

3. Choose removal options

Under “Removal Options”, choose how to clean your text before deduping:

Trim text – remove leading/trailing spaces from each line.
Punctuation/Brackets – remove punctuation or bracket characters.
HTML – strip HTML tags from the text.

These options help make lines more consistent, so near-duplicates become true duplicates and can be merged.

4. Remove duplicates and copy results

Click the Remove button (or the page’s main action control) to process your list.
The cleaned, deduplicated list appears in the Results textbox.
Use the Select, Copy, or Download options to export your results and use them in your editor, spreadsheet, CRM, or other tools.

Example: cleaning a product list

Start list

Product XXX
Product bbb
Product aaa
Product XXX
Product fff
PRODUCT AAA
Product XXX

Example 1 – keep original case

Sort Order: None
Letter Case: Ignore

Result:

Product XXX
Product bbb
Product aaa
Product fff
PRODUCT AAA

Duplicates are removed, but case differences are preserved.

Example 2 – treat upper/lower case as the same

Sort Order: None
Letter Case: Lower

Result:

product xxx
product bbb
product aaa
product fff

Here, PRODUCT AAA is normalized to lowercase and merged with product aaa, leaving a single unique line for each product.

Practical use cases

1. Clean up CSV exports & reports

When exporting data from analytics tools, CRMs, or databases, you often get repeated entries. Paste the relevant column into Remove Duplicate Lines, dedupe it, then paste it back into your sheet for a clean unique list.

For more CSV-specific tools, you can also use:

Alphabetical Order List – to sort lists and remove duplicates across multiple delimiters.
Sort Text Lines – to sort lines by different criteria without deduping them.

2. Deduplicate SEO keyword lists

SEO and content teams often combine keyword lists from multiple tools. Paste them into the Remove Duplicate Lines tool to create a single, unique keyword list before loading it into your SEO platform or planning content.

Pair this with other text tools on Coderstool’s Text Content Tools hub if you want to analyze or reformat the text afterward.

3. Clean URL lists for outreach or audits

If you’re managing large link lists or prospect URLs, you can:

Use Remove Duplicate Lines to quickly strip exact duplicate URLs.
Then use URL List Cleaner to:
- Normalize URLs
- Remove duplicates at domain level
- Sort and validate your list
For more detailed URL analysis, use URL Link Splitter to break URLs into components and query parameters.

Related Coderstool utilities

Enhance your workflow by combining Remove Duplicate Lines with other tools:

Sort Text Lines – sort lines alphabetically, by length, or randomly without removing duplicates.
Alphabetical Order List – sort and dedupe lists across commas, spaces, and line breaks.
URL List Cleaner – clean, sort, and deduplicate large URL lists.
URL Link Splitter – split a URL into scheme, host, path, and query parameters for deeper analysis.

FAQ – Remove Duplicate Lines

Does this tool change the order of my list?

Only if you ask it to. Set Sort Order = None to preserve the original order and just remove duplicates. Choose A–Z, Z–A, ASCII, or length-based options if you also want the list reordered.

Is line comparison case-sensitive?

By default, case handling depends on the Letter Case option:

Ignore – compares exact text (case-sensitive).
Lower / Upper / Title – first normalizes case, then compares, so Apple, APPLE, and apple are treated as the same.

Can I use this with CSV or large lists?

Yes. The tool is designed for general-purpose text lists, including CSV-style data. For more CSV-specific operations (splitting, merging, generating CSV test data, etc.), see Coderstool’s CSV-related utilities.

Ready to clean up your lists?
Head over to https://www.coderstool.com/remove-duplicate-lines, paste your text, and let the tool remove duplicate lines in seconds.

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