Character Counter
Count characters and whitespace locally.
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What this tool does
Count characters with and without whitespace. Compare grapheme clusters, Unicode code points and UTF-8 bytes when checking text length limits.
How to use
Paste text to count Unicode characters, spaces, lines and paragraphs.
Features
Compare total characters, characters without whitespace and byte-oriented text statistics.
When to use it
Check short copy against a character limit, then confirm the receiving service's counting rules.
Common questions
Do emoji always count as a single character?
The character count uses grapheme clusters, grouping combined emoji. Code points and UTF-8 bytes are separate counts and may be larger.
Data processing
This tool processes its input locally in your browser without sending it to a server for processing. Input and results are not included in share URLs.
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