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Pick where your text will go, then type or paste it. You see the count against LinkedIn’s limit live, and every other place it fits.

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Free accounts can add a note to up to three invitations a month (older LinkedIn pages say five). Source

Some emoji count as two characters on LinkedIn, so keep a small margin.

Where this text fits

  • PostFits
  • Connection note (free account)Fits
  • Connection note (Premium)Fits
  • CommentFits
  • Profile headlineFits
  • About sectionFits
  • InMail subject (Sales Navigator)Fits
  • InMail message (Sales Navigator)Fits
  • ArticleFits

A note only works if it goes to the right person. Looply finds people with a reason to hear from you this week and drafts the message for you to review.

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Every LinkedIn character limit in one table

WhereLimitWhere the number comes from
Post3,000LinkedIn
Connection note (free account)200LinkedIn
Connection note (Premium)300LinkedIn
Comment1,250Not on a LinkedIn help page; most reported limit
Profile headline220Not on a LinkedIn help page; most reported limit
About section2,600LinkedIn
InMail subject (Sales Navigator)200LinkedIn
InMail message (Sales Navigator)1,900LinkedIn
Article125,000LinkedIn

LinkedIn does not say how it counts emoji and symbols. Some take two characters, so stay a few characters under the limit when your text uses them.

Write a connection note that fits in 200 characters

A free account gets only a few notes a month, so spend them on people you have a real reason to contact. A note that gets accepted usually has three parts:

  1. The reason now: a new role, a post they wrote, an event you both attended.
  2. What you have in common: a shared customer type, a problem you both work on.
  3. No pitch: ask to connect. Save the offer for after they accept.

Before you send, check how many invitations you can safely send each week with our LinkedIn invitation limit calculator.

Headline and About: say who you help first

  • Headline: your headline appears with your name in search, comments and invitations, so put who you help and how before your title.
  • About: open with the problem you solve and one concrete result. LinkedIn shows only the first lines before people choose to read more.
  • Posts: 3,000 characters is a ceiling, not a target. A short post with one idea is easier to read on a phone.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the LinkedIn post character limit?

LinkedIn Help says a post can contain up to 3,000 characters. Articles are separate and can run to 125,000 characters.

How many characters can a LinkedIn connection request note have?

LinkedIn Help gives 200 characters on a free account and 300 with Premium. Free accounts can only add a note to a few invitations a month: LinkedIn’s newest help page says three, older pages say five. Premium members can add a note to every invitation.

What is the LinkedIn headline character limit?

LinkedIn does not state it on a help page. 220 characters is the limit most guides report since LinkedIn raised it from 120 in 2020. Check the counter in your profile editor if you are close.

How long can the LinkedIn About section be?

LinkedIn’s Talent Blog gives 2,600 characters as the maximum for the About section, which used to be called the summary.

What is the LinkedIn comment character limit?

LinkedIn does not state it on a help page for feed comments. 1,250 characters is the limit most guides report.

How long can an InMail be?

In Sales Navigator, LinkedIn Help gives 200 characters for the subject line, which is required, and 1,900 for the message. Your signature, up to 150 characters, counts toward the total.

Is my text stored?

No. The counter runs entirely in your browser; your text is never sent to Looply or anyone else.

Sources

What this page is based on

Checked November 7, 2026. LinkedIn changes its limits without notice; the linked pages are authoritative. Your text never leaves your browser.

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