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Character Counter Online

Count characters online instantly, with and without spaces. The counter also reports words, sentences, lines and paragraphs, and updates as you type. It is free, needs no signup, and runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you paste is uploaded.

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Results update automatically and are calculated on your device. Nothing you type is sent to a server.

Runs in your browser. Processing happens entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to Delimiter.live.

How to use the Character Counter

  1. Paste or type your text into the input box.
  2. Read the character count with spaces and the count without spaces in the results panel.
  3. Check the secondary word, line, sentence and paragraph totals if you need them.
  4. Use Copy to put the summary on your clipboard, or Clear to start again.

Example

Input
Hello world
Output
Characters (with spaces): 11
Characters (no spaces): 10
Words: 2
Lines: 1

Common use cases

  • Fitting a post inside a platform limit such as an SMS segment, an ad headline or a meta description.
  • Checking that a form field, database column or API payload will accept the value.
  • Measuring homework, abstracts or applications that specify a character rather than word budget.
  • Comparing two versions of the same copy to see which is tighter.

Limitations and things to watch for

  • Characters are counted as Unicode code points, so an emoji built from several code points (for example a flag or a skin-tone variant) can count as more than one character. Platforms that count UTF-16 units or grapheme clusters may report a slightly different number.
  • Trailing whitespace is counted, because most systems that enforce a limit count it too.

Frequently asked questions

Does the character counter include spaces?
It reports both. The primary figure includes spaces because that is what most platforms count, and a second figure excludes all whitespace for word-processor style counts.
Is my text sent to a server?
No. The counting happens in JavaScript in your browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, logged or stored, and closing the tab discards the text.
How are emoji and accented letters counted?
Accented letters such as é count as one character. Emoji are counted as Unicode code points, so a composed emoji like a country flag may count as two. This matches how many APIs measure length but can differ from a phone keyboard.
Is there a maximum length?
There is no imposed limit. Because everything runs locally, the practical ceiling is your device memory — several megabytes of text is fine.

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