class Program { static void Main() { if (File.Exists("Input.txt")) { var InputLines = new List(File.ReadAllLines("Input.txt")); for (int numberLine = 0; numberLine < InputLines.Count; numberLine++) { for (int i = 0; i < InputLines[numberLine].Length; i++) if (InputLines[numberLine].Substring(i, 1).Equals("#")) { InputLines[numberLine] = InputLines[numberLine].Remove(i - 1, 2); i = i - 2; } } File.AppendAllLines("Out.txt", InputLines); } } } In file: abc#kek###d#