About this tool
Character Counter
Free Character Counter to count characters with spaces, without spaces, words, lines and paragraphs. Check text length limits directly in your browser.
About the Character Counter
A character counter helps writers and developers check length limits that are measured in characters rather than words. This is useful for titles, descriptions, social posts, form fields, filenames, metadata and APIs with strict input limits.
How to use this tool
Paste your text into the editor and run the analysis. Tervilo reports total characters and characters excluding spaces, along with words and lines so you can understand the full size of the text.
- Open the Character Counter page on Tervilo.
- Enter or paste the text you want to work with.
- Choose any options relevant to the task.
- Run the tool and review the result before copying or publishing it.
How the calculation or transformation works
The total character count includes spaces, line breaks and punctuation present in the text. The no-space count removes whitespace characters before counting. Different systems may treat Unicode grapheme clusters or emoji sequences differently, so use the target platform for final validation when a strict limit matters.
Common uses
- Social media character limits
- SEO titles and descriptions
- Form and database field limits
- SMS and messaging copy
- Developer input validation
Privacy and browser-side processing
Tervilo's text tools are designed to process the text in your browser. For ordinary text-editing tasks this can reduce the need to send your content to an application server. Even with browser-side tools, review your organization's security requirements before pasting confidential, regulated or sensitive information into any website.
Related text tools
Explore the Text Tools category for related utilities such as the Word Counter, Character Counter, Case Converter and JSON Formatter.
Frequently asked questions
The FAQ section below covers common questions about this tool, its counting method and practical limitations.
Questions & Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Are spaces included in the character count?
The total character count includes whitespace, while the separate no-space count removes whitespace characters.
Does the Character Counter handle emoji?
It counts Unicode code points in the browser. Some visual emoji sequences contain multiple code points, so platform-specific character limits can differ.