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Remove Duplicate Lines

Remove duplicate lines from pasted text, keeping the first occurrence of each line.

Matching is exact and case-sensitive — "Apple" and "apple" are treated as different lines — and the first occurrence of each line is always the one kept.

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Case Converter

Convert text case (upper/lower/title/sentence).

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Sort lines of text alphabetically.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — "Apple" and "apple" are treated as different lines. Convert to one case first with the Case Converter if you want case-insensitive de-duplication.

The first one. Every later exact repeat of that line is removed, and the original line order is preserved.

Yes — repeated blank lines are deduplicated down to one, just like any other repeated line.