Character Counter
Count the number of characters in text using our free online text character counter tool — paste text for instant counting.
What is a character counter tool?
A character counter is an online tool that tells you how many characters (including or excluding letters, spaces, numbers, or punctuation) there are in a text. This character checker helps writers, coders, marketers, students and everyday users quickly total up the characters in their text for academic work or social media posts / bios with restricted lengths.
How to count characters online?
- Open the character counter above and paste your text into the box.
- Choose whether to count spaces, count numbers, or count punctuation in the total.
- Press the count button and read the totals (characters, letters, words).
- Use the copy button to move text elsewhere or restart with the clear button.
What counts as a character?
Letters
All alphabetical letters A-Z are characters.
Letter counter with or without spaces
Numbers
Digits (0–9) can be included or excluded by using the toggle. By default, the tool is a character counter with numbers, but this can be changed so that it does not count numbers if desired.
Character counter with or without numbers
Punctuation & symbols
Commas, periods, brackets and special symbols are usually counted. Turn off punctuation with the toggle if you want a character counter without punctuation.
Character counter with or without punctuation
Spaces
Use the letter counter with spaces toggled on to include surrounding spaces, or the letter counter without spaces to measure letters only.
Character counter with or without spaces
Count characters with or without spaces
If you enable count spaces as characters, every blank between words is included in the character count. Use this when the platform you are writing on includes spaces in the character count (for example in most social media bio sections).
Count characters with or without numbers
Some projects require numbers to be counted, others don’t. The character counter with numbers option includes digits 0–9 in the total. Choose character counter without numbers to focus on text-only length.
Count characters with or without punctuation
Punctuation is often counted by default. Toggle it off to use the character counter without punctuation when you need just letters and spaces to be counted.
Who might need to count characters in text?
Social media managers, students and editors working to meet text length limits all rely on a character checker. If you need to meet tweet or SMS length limits, a character counter with spaces is useful; coders or developers may use a character counter to check for rogue characters or to check code length.
Features of the free character counter
Real-time totals
Counters automatically update as you type so you always see current totals for characters, letters, words and lines.
Toggle Options
Include or exclude spaces, numbers, and punctuation. Use a character counter with spaces or a character counter without punctuation depending on your needs.
Quick copy & clear
Edit your text and copy the results with one click, ready to move to other apps or documents. Clear the text box instantly with the clear button.
Private & no login
All processing happens in your browser; no text is uploaded to our servers. Use the character counter with confidence for private drafts and sensitive snippets.
Count as many characters as you like — always free
There are no limits with our tool: copy and paste long documents or short snippets and get instant totals. If you need a letter counter with spaces or a letter counter without spaces, change the toggles and view the results in the counter.
Count words and characters
Alongside character totals, the tool shows words, lines, and sentences so you can check both word volume and exact character counts. Use both measures when preparing academic work or social media posts.
All text is kept private
Text entered here always stays in your browser. None of it is uploaded or stored on a server. This way, the character checker ensures your content remains private.