Character Count

Extension Delisted

This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-16.

CRX ID
bpjdkinahbalcimnlaijodhiigpfkmjf
Description from extension meta

Counts characters in selections.

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Character Count
Description from store

A browser extension for viewing the number of characters in text selections. Click extension button to activate, then the count appears in the top-right corner of the browser window.

NOTE: Tabs must be reloaded after installing for the extension to work.

• Select text (with mouse or keyboard) to see the number of characters

• Quickly view the number of characters on an entire page using keyboard shortcut (OS X: CMD-a, Windows: CTRL-a)

• Click the extension button to activate/deactivate

See also: Word Count: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/word-count/iemgpaejfjknfhcahkeijkmickjhnhik

New in 1.2.0: Activation/deactivation stays in sync across existing and new tabs/windows and after navigation/refresh. Thanks for the feedback!

Latest reviews

Aamir Sheikh 2020-03-30

Not worthy to install.

Alexandru Ion 2020-03-04

its not working anymore, neither the word count by the same developer. too bad, it looked so simple, exactly what I wanted.

Tamas Biro 2020-02-10

Not working.

Bryce Mullen 2019-09-16

The only reason I wanted this was to count characters on a particular site. It doesn't work on a lot of different sites I would want it to work on. Cool concept but needs work.

Nicklas Nielsen 2019-09-10

Works for Hootsuite which is what I needed it for

SearchOptiMark 2019-06-13

One of the best Chrome extension for content writer and SEOs.

Michal Novák 2019-06-06

Dont function

Cindy Rizzato 2019-04-12

Wanted it for Google Map Reviews, didn't work there or anywhere else :-( I turned it on, off, refreshed page, turned off AdBlock and reopened the browser so I think I tried all the troubleshooting.

Anonymous 2019-03-16

Does not work at all for me.

GRE Development 2018-07-25

good

Philip Jones 2018-05-29

Didn't work on several websites.

Simon Cohen 2018-05-19

Love it - would give it 5 stars if it worked in Google Docs too!

Mikey Gray 2018-05-07

Could do with a few additions (with or without spaces, etc) but a solid, uninvasive extension.

Rajendra Dubey 2018-03-20

good I liked it

Nguyễn Duy Hiếu 2018-02-06

Please make it auto run when chrome start. Thank you!

Alison Burke 2018-01-17

Its great for static site copy, but it would be great if it worked in Google Docs/Sheets/etc. I know there's a character counter built-in, but I like to be able to see the character count move as I select, so I can grab just the right number of characters without guessing.

Alicia F. 2017-11-09

Doesn't work at all with twitter, it appears, which is the only site I need it for.

ThirteenStrings 2017-10-26

Simply didn't work on the site I needed to use it with.

Kemal Dağ 2017-04-18

Works great

Vincent James 2017-01-17

Just gives me exactly what I need. Kudos!

Mohamed Elshawaf 2016-11-12

Get the job done simply

Lars Pedersen 2016-10-19

Needs an option to exclude spaces. But still a great tool.

Anonymous 2016-06-21

Simple design does exactly as promised.

Дмитрий Сотников 2016-06-07

CTRL+a is the worst choice for shortcut on windows. Guess what it does, when you press it?

Mickey Luongo 2016-05-10

Worked well, but caused a compatibility issue with a site I needed to use.

Prasad Prabhu 2015-02-18

Love the simplicity of this tool.

Mohammad L 2015-02-13

i really need this one, thnx man

Anonymous 2015-02-05

Doesn't work at all.

Statistics

Installs
13,133
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
7_productivity
Rating
3.26 (42 votes)
Last update
2017-04-27
Version 1.3.0
Languages