Character Count (No Spaces)
Count the number of characters in your text excluding spaces.
How to use this tool
- Enter text in the fields above.
- Results update instantly as you type — or click Calculate.
- Read your characters (no spaces) and the full breakdown beneath it.
Count the number of characters in your text excluding spaces.
How it works
This tool counts every character in your text except spaces, giving you the raw character count that matters for platforms with strict character limits such as Twitter's display-name field, SMS segments, or database column sizes. Whitespace — ordinary spaces, tabs, and non-breaking spaces — is stripped from the count before the result is returned.
Paste or type your text into the input box and the count updates instantly. The result tells you how many non-space characters are present, which is useful when you need to meet a limit that excludes whitespace (for example, some SEO tools measure keyword density by characters without spaces).
Common uses include verifying that a product SKU or code contains the correct number of characters, checking tweet length where spaces are invisible to the limit counter, and auditing domain names or slugs that may not contain spaces at all.
Worked example
Check a product code length
- Paste your product code, e.g. 'AB CD 123' into the Text field.
- The tool strips the two spaces.
- Read the result: 7 characters without spaces.
7
Common mistakes to avoid
- Comparing the result to a limit that actually includes spaces — double-check which counting method the platform uses.
- Forgetting that emoji are multi-code-point characters and may count as 2 or more characters in some contexts.
- Pasting text with invisible Unicode characters (such as zero-width joiners) that inflate the count unexpectedly.
Key terms
- Character
- Any single symbol in a string — letters, digits, punctuation, or Unicode glyphs — excluding spaces in this context.
- Non-breaking space
- A special whitespace character (U+00A0) that looks like a space but is also excluded from this count.
Frequently asked questions
- Why count characters without spaces?
- Some platforms (like Twitter/X for SMS or academic submissions) count characters excluding spaces. This tool shows both for convenience.
- Does this count newlines as spaces?
- Yes — all whitespace characters including tabs and newlines are counted as spaces.