Character Counter Guide: Measure Text Length

Learn how to count characters with or without spaces and check common text limits with the free Text Assist Character Counter.

Step by step

1. Paste or type your text into the box.
2. See characters with and without spaces, letters, digits and symbols.
3. Pick a limit (like 280 for X) to see how many characters remain.

Tips

• Meta descriptions work best under about 160 characters.
• A single SMS holds 160 standard characters.
• Emoji may count as more than one character on some platforms.

When to use it

• Social media posts
• SEO titles and descriptions
• SMS messages

Is it private?

Your text and character totals stay in your browser. They are not sent to or stored on our servers.

Other guides

• Case Converter guide
• Word Counter guide
• Duplicate Word Remover guide
• Line Breaker guide
• Word Unscrambler guide