Delete every other line in notepad++

Question

Is there a way in Notepad++ to delete every other or nth line? I have a massive list of data and I need to reduce the size.

The data itself is not that important an

Answer 1

I came across this issue myself. What worked for me, also using the Find/Replace function, is to:

1. Ctrl F and go to Replace
2. In search mode, select "Extended (\n, \r, \t .. )"
3. Find what: \n\n
4. Replace with: \n
5. Replace All