How to insert a line break <br> in markdown

Question

Try adding 2 spaces (or a backslash \) after the first line:

[Name of link](url)
My line of text\

Visually:

[Name of link](url)<space><space>
My line of text\

Output:

<p><a href="url">Name of link</a><br>
My line of text<br></p>

Alternatively you can place a <br> directly into the text. It is valid in Markdown.

I know this post is about adding a single line break but I thought I would mention that you can create multiple line breaks with the backslash (\) character:

Hello
\
\
\
World!

This would result in 3 new lines after "Hello". To clarify, that would mean 2 empty lines between "Hello" and "World!". It would display like this:

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Hello

World!

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Personally I find this cleaner for a large number of line breaks compared to using <br>.

Note that backslashes are not recommended for compatibility reasons. So this may not be supported by your Markdown parser but it's handy when it is.

After a long search, I found this solution:

\
 
\
 

This will produce:

<br> <br>

Combining answers from multiple sources, there are mainly 3 ways to add a line break in Markdown:

1. Backslash (\)

Add a backslash at the end of a line like this:

Markdown Input	HTML Output	HTML Preview
Test line\ Test line 2	<p>Test line</p><br> <p>Test Line 2</p>	Test line Test line 2

2. HTML <br> tag

Lot of HTML Tags are directly supported in markdown. Add a HTML <br> or ` tag at the end of a line like this:

Markdown Input	HTML Output	HTML Preview
Test line<br> Test line 2	<p>Test line</p><br> <p>Test Line 2</p>	Test line Test line 2

3. Two spaces

Add 2 spaces at the end of a line like this:

Markdown Input	HTML Output	HTML Preview
Test line Test line 2	<p>Test line</p><br> <p>Test Line 2</p>	Test line Test line 2

Option3.2 for whitespace - if you would like to be able to see the spaces while editing markdown source, add \s instead of whitespace( )

Note: Option3.2 doesn't seem to work properly, but this is documented in the markdown guide

Test line\s\s
Test line 2