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Sort Lines & Remove Duplicates
Paste a list to sort it AβZ, ZβA, naturally or by length β and remove duplicate lines, empty lines and stray spaces in one go.
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When should you use the Sort Lines?
- Alphabetizing a list of names, keywords or URLs
- Removing duplicate emails or IDs from a list
- Cleaning up lists copied from spreadsheets or logs
How to use the Sort Lines
- 1
Paste a list
One item per line.
- 2
Choose the order
A β Z, Z β A, natural (2 before 10), by length, reverse or shuffle.
- 3
Clean it
Remove duplicates, trim spaces and drop empty lines. Ignore case to treat Apple and apple as the same.
- 4
Copy
Copy the result or download it as a text file.
Examples
Sorted with duplicates removed
Before
banana apple cherry apple
After
apple banana cherry
Common errors and how to fix them
item10 sorts before item2- Choose Natural order β it compares the numbers inside text by value.
Duplicates weren't removed- Lines may differ by spaces or capitals. Keep Trim spaces on and tick Ignore case.
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Sort Lines FAQ
Keep 'Remove duplicates' ticked. The first occurrence of each line is kept and the rest are removed. The number removed is shown under the result.
Sorting that understands numbers inside text, so file2 comes before file10. Plain alphabetical sorting would put file10 first.
By default capitals and lowercase are both considered. Tick 'Ignore case' to sort and dedupe without regard to case.
Yes β choose Shuffle for a random order. It uses a secure random generator.
Hundreds of thousands of lines work fine in a modern browser.
No. Everything runs in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.