Text Tools
Free Online Character Counter
Paste or type your text below to see an exact character count, with and without spaces, updated live as you type.
How to use the character Counter
- Paste or type your text into the box.
- Character counts with and without spaces update instantly.
- Optionally enter a character limit (like 280 for X/Twitter) to see how many characters remain.
- Click Clear to start a new count.
Example
The text "Hello, world!" contains 13 characters with spaces and 11 characters without spaces — useful for checking meta descriptions, tweet lengths, or form field limits.
Why count characters instead of words?
Many platforms and forms enforce a character limit rather than a word limit — SMS messages, tweets, meta descriptions, and bio fields all cap at an exact character count. This tool gives you both totals instantly so you know exactly where you stand.
Fast, private, accurate
Counting happens locally in your browser as you type. Nothing is uploaded, so you can safely check drafts, private messages, or unpublished content.
Frequently asked questions
The tool shows both totals separately: characters including spaces, and characters excluding spaces.
Yes. Enter any number in the character limit field to see a live remaining-characters count, similar to social media compose boxes.
No. All counting happens locally in your browser using JavaScript.
Yes, every character including punctuation, numbers and symbols is counted.