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Character Counter

Count characters in your text, with or without spaces — instantly in your browser.

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About Character Counter

Character Counter gives you a live character count for any piece of text, with a toggle to include or exclude spaces. It's built for situations with a strict character limit — tweet-length posts, meta descriptions, SMS messages, form fields — where every character counts. Everything is calculated locally in your browser as you type; nothing you paste is ever sent to a server.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Paste or type your text

    Drop your text into the workspace above. There's no minimum or maximum length — the count updates as you type or paste.

  2. 2

    Choose with or without spaces

    Use the toggle below the count to switch between counting every character, or only non-space characters.

  3. 3

    Copy or clear

    Use Copy to grab your text back to the clipboard, or Clear to start over.

What it does

FAQ

What counts as a 'character'?

Every individual character in the text — letters, numbers, punctuation, and (in With spaces mode) spaces and line breaks. Emoji and other multi-byte characters are each counted as they're represented in JavaScript strings.

How is this different from Word Counter?

Word Counter gives a full breakdown (words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading time). Character Counter is a focused, single-purpose view for when you specifically need a character count against a limit, with the with/without-spaces toggle front and center.

Does this tool send my text anywhere?

No. All counting happens locally in your browser as you type. Your text is never uploaded, logged, or stored.

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