# May I ask how many characters can 1 cell contain?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262>\
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**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262 "2021-09-24T11:18:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![phong\_tran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/phong_tran/32/32160_2.png) [@phong\_tran](https://community.glideapps.com/u/phong_tran)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/1 "2021-09-24T11:18:57Z")

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I am working on a topic to reduce the number of rows reaching the lowest level. May I ask how many characters can 1 cell contain?

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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:** [September 24, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/2 "2021-09-24T11:47:19Z")

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> [@Chat and Comments using the Trebuchet Method](https://community.glideapps.com/t/chat-and-comments-using-the-trebuchet-method/25396/4):
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> According to @Jason you can store 1 million characters in a glide table cell. Google sheets limited to 50,000 characters per cell

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**Author:** ![phong\_tran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/phong_tran/32/32160_2.png) [@phong\_tran](https://community.glideapps.com/u/phong_tran)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/3 "2021-09-24T11:51:54Z")

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What if I create the sheet directly on glide? i ignore google sheet

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/4 "2021-09-24T11:53:25Z")

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“1 million characters in a Glide Table cell”.

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**Author:** ![phong\_tran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/phong_tran/32/32160_2.png) [@phong\_tran](https://community.glideapps.com/u/phong_tran)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/5 "2021-09-24T11:54:00Z")

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so sad

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/may-i-ask-how-many-characters-can-1-cell-contain/32262/6 "2021-09-24T11:56:00Z")

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What do you use that would break a 1 million character limit?