What is the Discord message character limit?

Standard Discord messages have a 2,000 character limit. Discord Nitro subscribers get an increased limit of 4,000 characters per message. If your message exceeds the limit, Discord will prevent you from sending it.

What is the Discord Nitro character limit?

Discord Nitro increases the message character limit from 2,000 to 4,000 characters. This applies to regular messages in channels and DMs. Embed limits and other field limits remain the same regardless of Nitro status.

What are Discord embed character limits?

Discord embed limits are: Title - 256 characters, Description - 4,096 characters, Field Name - 256 characters, Field Value - 1,024 characters, Footer - 2,048 characters, Author Name - 256 characters. The total of all embed content cannot exceed 6,000 characters.

What is the Discord username character limit?

Discord usernames are limited to 32 characters. Server nicknames also have a 32-character limit. Channel names, role names, and server names can be up to 100 characters. The About Me / Bio section is limited to 190 characters.

Discord Message Length Counter

Check if your message fits Discord's character limits. Paste your text and instantly see if it's within bounds for messages, embeds, usernames, and more.

Discord Character Limits (2025)

Standard Message - 2,000 characters
Nitro Message - 4,000 characters
Embed Description - 4,096 characters
Embed Title - 256 characters
Embed Field Value - 1,024 characters
Username / Nickname - 32 characters
Channel / Role / Server Name - 100 characters
About Me / Bio - 190 characters

Why do I need a Discord character counter?

When you hit Discord's character limit, the send button grays out with no clear explanation. This is especially frustrating when drafting long announcements, embed descriptions, or bio text. This tool shows you exactly how many characters you have left and warns you as you approach the limit with color-coded feedback.

The 6,000-character total embed limit

Beyond the per-field limits, Discord enforces a 6,000-character cap on the combined length of every visible string in a single embed: title, description, footer text, author name, plus every field name and field value. A message can contain up to 10 embeds, and the 6,000 limit applies per-embed - so a webhook payload can legitimately ship up to 60,000 characters of embed content. Bots that exceed 6,000 in one embed receive a code 50035 "Invalid Form Body" error with no indication of which field is the culprit, which is why a counter that mirrors Discord's math is useful before you send.

Markdown counts toward the limit

Every character you type counts, including the syntax characters that render formatting. The text **bold** renders as four visible characters but costs you eight against the limit. Watch out for:

Bold / italic / underline / strikethrough - 2 or 4 extra characters per styled span (**, *, __, ~~).
Code blocks - The backticks count. A ```ansi opener plus closer costs 11 characters before any content.
Links - Markdown link syntax [label](https://...) counts the full URL plus the brackets and parens, not just the visible label.
Custom emoji - Each <:name:1234567890> reference counts every character of the snowflake ID. A custom emoji typically eats 22-26 characters even though it renders as a single icon.
Mentions - <@123...>, <#123...>, and <@&123...> count their full raw form.
Escapes - A backslash before a Markdown character (\* to print a literal asterisk) adds one character to your count.

Special cases worth knowing

Forum and thread starter messages share the same 2,000 / 4,000 message limit. The thread title follows the 100-character channel-name rule.
Slash command options have their own limits: option name 32, option description 100, string-option value 6,000.
Sticker name and tags top out at 30 characters each. Server descriptions max at 120, server vanity URLs at 32.
Forwarded messages count toward the recipient channel's limit at full length, not as a reference - long forwards may bounce.
Polls allow a 300-character question and up to 10 answers of 55 characters each.
Emoji-only messages with at most three default emojis render large; this is a display feature, not a separate length tier.

What to do when you are over the limit

For human-written announcements, the cleanest fix is to split content across multiple embed fields: 25 fields per embed, each with 1,024-character values, gives you 25,600 characters of structured space in a single message. For bot-generated walls of text, use file attachments - posting the content as a .txt attachment bypasses message length entirely (subject to the 25 MB upload cap on free servers, 100 MB on Boost level 3). For data displayed inside an embed description, paginate: chunk the content and put navigation buttons on the message so users can step through pages without ever hitting the 4,096-character ceiling.

More free Discord tools

Formatting Lab - Preview Discord markdown live
Colored Text Generator - Create colored text with ANSI codes
Snowflake Checker - Check any Discord account's age
Discord Image Resizer - Batch resize emojis, stickers, and icons