YouTube line break generator
Format YouTube descriptions and comments with spacing that holds up, including chapter timestamps that actually work.
YouTube keeps line breaks in descriptions and comments, but long unspaced descriptions bury the two lines viewers actually see above the fold, and chapters silently fail when the timestamp lines are formatted wrong. This tool cleans the whitespace so links, credits, and chapters each sit on their own dependable line.
How line breaks behave on YouTube
- Only the first line or two of a description shows above the fold next to the player. Put the link or hook there, before your first break.
- Chapters have a strict format: the first timestamp must be 0:00, each timestamp starts its own line, and you need at least three. A trailing space or a merged line breaks the whole chapter list.
- Comments preserve breaks but collapse runs of many blank lines; one blank line between paragraphs is the reliable maximum.
- Descriptions allow 5,000 characters, enough that structure (what this video covers, links, chapters, credits, each as its own block) beats a wall of text.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add line breaks in a YouTube description?
Type or paste them normally; YouTube preserves them. If a pasted description renders as one block, the breaks were lost upstream in whatever app you copied from, which is what cleaning the text here fixes.
Why are my YouTube chapters not working?
The usual causes are format, not content: the first chapter must start at 0:00, each timestamp must begin its own line with a space before the title, and you need three or more chapters. Stray whitespace around the timestamps is the silent killer.
Do line breaks work in YouTube comments?
Yes, single breaks and one blank line render fine. Long runs of empty lines get collapsed, so use one blank line between paragraphs.
Formatted here, published everywhere
posthell keeps your line breaks intact when it posts, tailors the text per network, and schedules to 15 networks at once. This tool is the manual version of what the composer does on every post.