Character Counter

Paste text to count total characters, characters excluding spaces, spaces, words, lines and line breaks. Optional limits help check ad copy, SEO snippets and platform character limits.

Character counts

  • Total characters: 102
  • Characters excluding spaces: 88
  • Spaces: 14
  • Words: 15
  • Lines: 1
  • Line breaks: 0
  • Remaining: 58

How to use this tool

Enter the required values in the labeled fields. Results update in your browser and are announced for assistive technologies. Use realistic measurements and verify important outcomes before acting on them.

Formula or logic

The tool can trim input, include or exclude spaces for the limit, then compares the counted characters against your custom limit.

Example calculation

Example: A 170-character description with a 160-character limit is 10 characters over.

Practical use and limits

This page is built for checking, cleaning or transforming pasted text locally before publishing, sending or importing it elsewhere. The calculation is intentionally visible and described above so you can sanity-check the result instead of treating it as a black box.

Limit: browser text parsing is practical rather than legally authoritative; review sensitive copy manually. For important decisions, use this result as a planning aid and verify it against the relevant source of truth.

Last reviewed: May 29, 2026.

Character Counter: practical guide

Character count matters anywhere the interface has a hard limit: meta titles, ads, SMS, marketplace titles, social posts, filenames and database fields. A message can be clear and still fail because it is too long.

Use this counter while editing copy that must fit exactly, especially when spaces, punctuation or emojis may count differently across platforms.

Real examples

SEO title

Input: draft title near the display limit

Result: trim before search snippets cut the important words

SMS copy

Input: message with symbols and links

Result: check length before sending or segmenting

Practical notes

  • Some platforms count characters, others count bytes or message segments.
  • Emojis and special characters may consume more space than expected.
  • Count after adding tracking links, prefixes or required legal text.

Common mistakes

  • Editing to a limit before adding the URL.
  • Ignoring spaces and punctuation.
  • Assuming every platform counts emojis the same way.

Frequently asked questions

Is pasted text uploaded?

No. Counting runs entirely in your browser.

Can I exclude spaces from the limit?

Yes. Toggle count spaces for limit off.

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