# Cell Character Limit?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [November 17, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072 "2019-11-17T11:31:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![AjBruce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ajbruce/32/12937_2.png) [@AjBruce](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AjBruce)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/1 "2019-11-17T11:31:28Z")

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Is there a way to format the cell’s character limit? I would like there to be a 125 character limit inside all of my cells. Thanks. - AJ

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/2 "2019-11-17T18:53:48Z")

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I don’t think there is currently a way to limit the length of text in and entry field in the app. I’m sure you could do it withing the sheet using scripting or formulas, but that wouldn’t stop someone from entering more than 125 characters.

I suppose it could be possible much like the way Number Entry fields only allow numbers. Are you looking for some sort of RegEx control or just simply a maximum character limit?

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**Author:** ![AjBruce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ajbruce/32/12937_2.png) [@AjBruce](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AjBruce)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/3 "2019-11-17T19:51:03Z")

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Yea it was I wanted to limit the number of characters that user enters into the cells. I do know that Excel has that capability to adjusting ‘text length’.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/4 "2019-11-17T20:38:27Z")

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Would you mind elaborating on why you need to limit the length of the text in your cells, please?

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**Author:** ![mthakershi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mthakershi/32/1715_2.png) [@mthakershi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mthakershi)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/6 "2019-11-28T19:16:27Z")

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I also want to limit text in certain columns by size. Say I want message to be only 150 characters for the sake of ease for users.

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**Author:** ![AjBruce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ajbruce/32/12937_2.png) [@AjBruce](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AjBruce)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/7 "2020-07-22T23:23:29Z")

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Having a feature to set character limits would be great for forms. There are some people that use Google forms to send content into a markup document. If character limits are set it will ensure the document’s layout will not change.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cell-character-limit/2072/8 "2020-07-22T23:43:47Z")

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Please vote for “Character limiter on text fields” in the [Feature Requests app](https://features.staging.glideapp.io/)