# Text Message Character Limit

**URL:** <https://community.trooptrack.com/t/text-message-character-limit/11403>\
**Category:** Ask a Question\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/text-message-character-limit/11403 "2021-03-17T16:42:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JustinWeaver](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.trooptrack.com/justinweaver/32/2437_2.png) [@JustinWeaver](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/JustinWeaver)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/text-message-character-limit/11403/1 "2021-03-17T16:42:10Z")

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What is the character limit for text messages in TroopTrack?  
Is it possible to show a character counter so the author can see how many characters they have used in their message?

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**Author:** ![AaronStorey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.trooptrack.com/aaronstorey/32/1953_2.png) [@AaronStorey](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/AaronStorey)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/text-message-character-limit/11403/2 "2021-03-17T18:19:44Z")

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I believe the standard is 160 characters for any text message. Unfortunately there is not a character counter. That has been asked before and I seem to remember TT was open to the idea just hasn’t been something that has been implemented.

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**Author:** ![SKMiller06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SKMiller06](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/SKMiller06)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/text-message-character-limit/11403/3 "2021-03-24T02:22:23Z")

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Please please! This would be a huge help. And I’m pretty sure it says the limit but it’s super annoying to figure it out. I usually open a word or Google doc to get it done.