Random Line Picker
Pick random lines from your text. Choose how many lines to select, avoid repeats, and copy instantly.
About This Free Online Random Line Picker
Our free online random line picker lets you randomly select lines from any text. Paste your list, choose how many lines to pick, and optionally prevent repeats. Each click produces a fresh random selection. Perfect for contest winners, random sampling, classroom activities, survey selection, and generating random subsets from any list. All processing happens in your browser for complete privacy.
Features of Our Random Line Picker
- Pick a configurable number of random lines from your text
- Toggle "Allow Repeats" for sampling with or without replacement
- Shows how many lines picked vs total available
- Instant results with each click
- Copy picked lines to clipboard in one click
- 100% private — browser-only processing
How to Use the Random Line Picker
Using this tool is simple and requires no signup or registration. Follow these steps:
- Paste your list into the input area — one item per line.
- Set how many random lines you want to pick.
- Toggle "Allow Repeats" if you want the same line to be pickable more than once.
- Click Pick to randomly select lines. Click again for a different selection.
Frequently Asked Questions About Random Line Picker
Can the same line be picked more than once?
By default, each line can only be picked once (sampling without replacement). Toggle "Allow Repeats" on to allow the same line to appear multiple times in the results (sampling with replacement).
What happens if I request more lines than available?
If you request more lines than are in your text, the tool picks all available lines. If "Allow Repeats" is on, it can pick the same lines multiple times to fill your requested count.
Is the selection truly random?
Yes. The tool uses the Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm with cryptographically secure random number generation for fair and unbiased line selection.
Why Choose Text Toolbox?
Text Toolbox provides free, private, and instant online text tools. Unlike other text utility websites that require signup accounts or send your data to servers, all our tools process your text entirely in your browser. This means your content never leaves your device — we cannot see it, store it, or share it. Our tools are fast, lightweight, and work on any device with a modern web browser.