diff --git a/fs/config/config_read_password.go b/fs/config/config_read_password.go
index 688126fb1..9d302a14f 100644
--- a/fs/config/config_read_password.go
+++ b/fs/config/config_read_password.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 func ReadPassword() string {
 	stdin := int(os.Stdin.Fd())
 	if !terminal.IsTerminal(stdin) {
-		return ReadLine()
+		return ReadLine("")
 	}
 	line, err := terminal.ReadPassword(stdin)
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)
diff --git a/fs/config/config_read_password_unsupported.go b/fs/config/config_read_password_unsupported.go
index a9d8a6702..8918ce425 100644
--- a/fs/config/config_read_password_unsupported.go
+++ b/fs/config/config_read_password_unsupported.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ package config
 
 // ReadPassword reads a password with echoing it to the terminal.
 func ReadPassword() string {
-	return ReadLine()
+	return ReadLine("")
 }
diff --git a/fs/config/ui.go b/fs/config/ui.go
index 226a8f832..6e31923fe 100644
--- a/fs/config/ui.go
+++ b/fs/config/ui.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	"github.com/peterh/liner"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/configmap"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/configstruct"
@@ -25,12 +25,22 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
 )
 
-// ReadLine reads some input
-var ReadLine = func() string {
-	buf := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-	line, err := buf.ReadString('\n')
-	if err != nil && (line == "" || err != io.EOF) {
-		fs.Fatalf(nil, "Failed to read line: %v", err)
+// ReadLine reads an unlimited length line from stdin with a prompt.
+var ReadLine = func(prompt string) string {
+	l := liner.NewLiner()
+	defer func() {
+		_ = l.Close()
+	}()
+	l.SetMultiLineMode(true)
+	l.SetCtrlCAborts(true)
+
+	line, err := l.Prompt(prompt)
+	if err == io.EOF {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = l.Close()
+		fs.Fatalf(nil, "Failed to read: %v", err)
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSpace(line)
 }
@@ -39,8 +49,7 @@ var ReadLine = func() string {
 func ReadNonEmptyLine(prompt string) string {
 	result := ""
 	for result == "" {
-		fmt.Print(prompt)
-		result = strings.TrimSpace(ReadLine())
+		result = strings.TrimSpace(ReadLine(prompt))
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -63,8 +72,7 @@ func CommandDefault(commands []string, defaultIndex int) byte {
 	optString := strings.Join(opts, "")
 	optHelp := strings.Join(opts, "/")
 	for {
-		fmt.Printf("%s> ", optHelp)
-		result := strings.ToLower(ReadLine())
+		result := strings.ToLower(ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("%s> ", optHelp)))
 		if len(result) == 0 {
 			if defaultIndex >= 0 {
 				return optString[defaultIndex]
@@ -146,8 +154,7 @@ func Choose(what string, kind string, choices, help []string, defaultValue strin
 		terminal.WriteString(terminal.Reset)
 	}
 	for {
-		fmt.Printf("%s> ", what)
-		result := ReadLine()
+		result := ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("%s> ", what))
 		i, err := strconv.Atoi(result)
 		if err != nil {
 			if slices.Contains(choices, result) {
@@ -194,8 +201,7 @@ func Enter(what string, kind string, defaultValue string, required bool) string
 		fmt.Println()
 	}
 	for {
-		fmt.Printf("%s> ", what)
-		result := ReadLine()
+		result := ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("%s> ", what))
 		if !required || result != "" {
 			return result
 		}
@@ -254,8 +260,7 @@ func ChoosePassword(defaultValue string, required bool) string {
 // inclusive prompting them with what.
 func ChooseNumber(what string, min, max int) int {
 	for {
-		fmt.Printf("%s> ", what)
-		result := ReadLine()
+		result := ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("%s> ", what))
 		i, err := strconv.Atoi(result)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Bad number: %v\n", err)
@@ -526,8 +531,7 @@ func ChooseOption(o *fs.Option, name string) string {
 func NewRemoteName() (name string) {
 	for {
 		fmt.Println("Enter name for new remote.")
-		fmt.Printf("name> ")
-		name = ReadLine()
+		name = ReadLine("name> ")
 		if LoadedData().HasSection(name) {
 			fmt.Printf("Remote %q already exists.\n", name)
 			continue
diff --git a/fs/config/ui_test.go b/fs/config/ui_test.go
index eac3a9bb0..7320aca47 100644
--- a/fs/config/ui_test.go
+++ b/fs/config/ui_test.go
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ func testConfigFile(t *testing.T, options []fs.Option, configFileName string) fu
 
 // makeReadLine makes a simple readLine which returns a fixed list of
 // strings
-func makeReadLine(answers []string) func() string {
+func makeReadLine(answers []string) func(string) string {
 	i := 0
-	return func() string {
+	return func(string) string {
 		i++
 		return answers[i-1]
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 106a293a8..8cb3066b9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ncw/swift/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/oracle/oci-go-sdk/v65 v65.98.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
+	github.com/peterh/liner v1.2.2
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.9
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f4ce2432b..409c60c5a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHP
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.3/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.1.1 h1:8dwx/Pz49suywbO+auHCBpCtlW1OfpcLN7wYgVR6wAI=
@@ -500,6 +501,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 h1:mye9XuhQ6gvn5h28+VilKrrPoQVanw5PMw/TB0
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:2gIqNv+qfxSVS7cM2xJQKtLSTLUE9V8t9Stt+h56mCY=
 github.com/pengsrc/go-shared v0.2.1-0.20190131101655-1999055a4a14 h1:XeOYlK9W1uCmhjJSsY78Mcuh7MVkNjTzmHx1yBzizSU=
 github.com/pengsrc/go-shared v0.2.1-0.20190131101655-1999055a4a14/go.mod h1:jVblp62SafmidSkvWrXyxAme3gaTfEtWwRPGz5cpvHg=
+github.com/peterh/liner v1.2.2 h1:aJ4AOodmL+JxOZZEL2u9iJf8omNRpqHc/EbrK+3mAXw=
+github.com/peterh/liner v1.2.2/go.mod h1:xFwJyiKIXJZUKItq5dGHZSTBRAuG/CpeNpWLyiNRNwI=
 github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.2.0 h1:e6DnBTl7vGY+Gz322/ASL4Gyp1FspeMvx1RNDoToZuM=
 github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.2.0/go.mod h1:RqIHx9QI14HlwKwm98g9Re5prTQ6LdeRQn+gXJFxsJM=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=
@@ -845,6 +848,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210514084401-e8d321eab015/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211007075335-d3039528d8ac/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211117180635-dee7805ff2e1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220408201424-a24fb2fb8a0f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=