Character Counter
Count characters with and without spaces, plus words and lines, with limits that update as you type.
About Character Counter
Character limits are everywhere: social posts, SMS messages, form fields, and search results all truncate text past a certain point. A character counter gives you the exact number before you commit, so your caption is never cut off mid-word or your message rejected by a form.
The tool reports characters with spaces, characters without spaces, words, and lines, all updated live. Newlines count as characters so multi-line pastes stay honest, and the optional limit feature shows remaining characters as you type, making it easy to trim down to a target.
Social media managers crafting captions, developers writing validation rules, and writers meeting submission limits rely on it. Students preparing essays with strict length rules and anyone filling out online forms with character caps benefit too.
How to Use
- Type or paste your text.
- See characters (with and without spaces), words, and lines.
- Set an optional limit to watch it fill in real time.
Example
"Social media post" 18 characters with spaces · 15 without · 3 words
This phrase has 15 letters plus 3 spaces. Knowing both counts matters for platforms with different character limits.
FAQ
Why count characters without spaces?
Many character limits, such as old SMS limits, ignore spaces, so the no-space count is the number that actually matters there.
Can I set a custom character limit?
Yes. Set any limit and the counter shows how many characters remain, updating live as you edit.
Do newlines count as characters?
Yes, line breaks are counted as characters, which keeps the total honest for pasted multi-line content.
Why do counts differ between browsers and apps?
Most differences come from how line endings are handled, because pasted Windows text sometimes carries CRLF characters, and from emoji or combining accents being counted as one character or several.
Does it count spaces at the start and end?
Yes, every space and newline is included in the with-spaces total, so the number matches what a database or API would record for the string you entered.