Count characters with and without spaces
Type or paste your text to see both counts as you write. Check whether it meets the length requested by a form or assignment.
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Character Counter
FreeLocal processingv1.1.0
Count characters, words and lines, track limits and find the most-used words in your text.
About this app
Need to know how many characters or words your text contains? Type, paste or open a text file and see the counts as you write.
Check characters with and without spaces, words and lines. Select a passage to measure just that section, or set a character or word limit to see how much room is left. Turn on tracking for popular fields to get a warning directly below your text when you go over.
Compare your text with reference limits for Instagram, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google Ads. The word cloud and frequency table help you spot repetition and see which words appear most often.
Your text stays in your browser for counting. Open UTF-8 text files up to 2 MB by choosing or dragging a file. After the app has loaded its offline resources, you can keep counting without an internet connection.
Check characters with and without spaces, words and lines. Select a passage to measure just that section, or set a character or word limit to see how much room is left. Turn on tracking for popular fields to get a warning directly below your text when you go over.
Compare your text with reference limits for Instagram, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google Ads. The word cloud and frequency table help you spot repetition and see which words appear most often.
Your text stays in your browser for counting. Open UTF-8 text files up to 2 MB by choosing or dragging a file. After the app has loaded its offline resources, you can keep counting without an internet connection.
Features
Count words and lines in your text
See how many words and lines your text contains without counting them by hand.
Count characters in a selected passage
Select a sentence or paragraph to check its length without removing the rest of your text.
Check whether your text fits a character limit
Set a target and see how much space is left or how far you have gone over. You can also set a word limit.
Check character limits for posts and ads
Compare your text with popular fields on Instagram, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google Ads.
Count words in a text file
Choose or drag in a text file to open its contents and see the counts.
Find the most-used words in your text
Spot repeated words in a ranked table and a word cloud. Hide common words to focus on the terms that stand out.
Track character limits while you write
Turn on tracking for a field and see a warning just below your text when you exceed its limit.
Frequently asked questions
Which files can I open?
UTF-8 text files such as TXT, CSV, Markdown and HTML, up to 2 MB. PDF and Word files cannot be opened directly.
What counts as a line?
Each section separated by an explicit line break counts as a line. Wrapping caused by screen width does not add another line.
Why might another platform show a different count?
Services can apply different rules to emojis, special characters and links. Popular limits are a reference; check your text in the destination field.
Is my text sent to a server?
Counting and file reading take place in your browser. Your text is not uploaded to be counted.
Questions
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