Count characters with and without spaces

See character counts with and without whitespace as you type, plus word groups, lines and UTF-8 bytes. Set your own character limit to see how many remain or exceed it.

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What do the five totals mean?

MetricHow this page countsWhen to use it
CharactersEach Unicode code point, including spaces, tabs and line breaks.The destination includes whitespace or you set a character limit.
No whitespaceRemoves spaces, tabs, line breaks and other whitespace before counting.The requirement excludes whitespace from the character total.
Word groupsEach run of non-whitespace text is one group; this is not linguistic word segmentation.A quick draft estimate; it may differ from a word processor.
LinesCounts line breaks in the text, including blank lines; visual wrapping does not add lines.Checking a list or text with deliberate line breaks.
UTF-8 bytesThe UTF-8 encoded text size, not the character total and not including the downloaded TXT file’s header bytes.A data field has a byte-based limit.

Why might another service show a different count?

Emoji and combining marks
This page counts Unicode code points. A joined emoji or a letter entered with a separate combining mark can look like one character but count as several code points. Check the final form when you are close to its limit.
Character limits
Your limit applies to Characters including whitespace, not Word groups or UTF-8 bytes. The tool does not know the counting rules of the social platform, form or content system you plan to use.
Line breaks and TXT bytes
Blank lines and line breaks increase Characters but not No whitespace. A downloaded TXT file can be larger than the UTF-8 bytes total because it includes a UTF-8 marker to help open accented text.

Is the text sent anywhere?

Counting runs in your browser; the text is not sent to an KitoTool counting API. When local storage is available, the page saves your draft and limit for a later visit. On a shared device, select Clear when finished. Copy result and Download TXT keep your text intact; they do not shorten it to the limit.

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