Count characters with and without spaces online for free. Perfect for Twitter, meta descriptions, SMS, and character-limited content. No signup required.
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When you're writing for a platform with a strict limit, every character matters. Our free character counter online gives you an instant, running tally of exactly how much text you have — total characters, characters without spaces, letters, digits, and special symbols — updated live as you type or paste.
This makes it ideal for crafting tweets against the 280-character ceiling, trimming a meta description to fit the 160-character sweet spot, or keeping an SMS under 160. Built-in platform limit bars for Twitter/X, SMS, Instagram captions, meta descriptions, and title tags show how many characters you have left, or how far you're over, at a glance. Because it counts by Unicode code point, this letter counter handles emojis, accented letters, and CJK scripts correctly, so a single emoji counts as one, not two. You can also upload a .txt file and count characters without spaces or copy the full breakdown in a click.
Everything runs entirely in your browser, so your drafts, captions, and confidential text never touch a server. Pair it with the Word Counter for word-level stats, the Case Converter to reformat text quickly, or the Slug Generator to turn a headline into a clean URL.
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