About this tool
About Character Counter
Use this character counter online to check the exact length of text before you publish, submit or paste it into a form. Type or paste a caption, title, meta description, application answer or product listing and review the live totals without creating an account.
What a character counter measures
The tool shows the length of your text at a glance, including characters, letters, words, lines and spaces. These counts answer different questions: a character limit may include spaces and punctuation, while a letter count can help when a brief asks for alphabetic characters only.
When to use a character counter online
When to use this character counter
Use a character counter when a platform limits letters, spaces or total characters. Check the live count while editing a caption, title, meta description, message or short-form content. It is useful for social captions, SEO snippets, application answers and short labels where every character matters.
How to use this tool
- Paste or type the text you want to measure.
- Review the character, letter, word, line and space totals as you edit.
- Remove or rewrite text until it fits the limit of the destination platform.
- Copy the final version into the form or editor where it will be published.
Counting rules and privacy
Spaces, punctuation and line breaks can affect the displayed totals. Compare the count with the rules of the platform where the text will be used. Your text stays in the browser during supported local processing, so do not paste passwords or other secrets.
Related text tools
Use Word Counter for word limits, Line Counter for line-based formats, or Reading Time Calculator when expected reading duration matters more than the raw character total.