Text Field Character Limits

This article describes the maximum number of characters you can enter into text fields in your digital workplace and situations where truncation may occur. For cases where you enter the text using the WYSIWYG editor, any HTML from styles or elements counts against these limits.

Field Max Characters
Community Name 100
Online Status 150
Group Name 100
Invitation Personal Message 1,800
Label Group Title 50
Label 50
Control Panel
Field Max Characters
Email 100
Password 30 (min 6)
Profile Field Name 20
What's on you mind? 256
First Name 70
Last Name 70
About 2,000
My Blog 150
My Website 150
IM Accounts 150
Other Profiles 150
Employer 150
Occupation 250
Department 250
Work Phone 50
Extension 50
Mobile 50
Fax 50
Employer Website 150
Street Address 150
Street Address 2 150
City 150
Province/State/Region 150
Postal/Zip Code 150
Country 150
Extended Information 50
Profiles
Field Max Characters
Title 238 (the field will accept 250, but broadcasts will fail if 238 characters are exceeded)
Summary 2,048
Body 2,147,483,647
Read Tracking 250
Comment / Reply 9,965
Microblog Hash Name 400
Task Descriptions 4,000
Calendar Event Location 250
Note 2,048
Channels and content types
Field Max Characters
Title 140
Title Links 2,083
Class 140
Links Widget URLs 2,083
HTML Widget Contents 2,147,483,647
Poll Question 250
Poll Answers 250
Widgets
Field Max Characters
Broadcast message 9,500
Broadcasts
Field Max Characters
Search Query 100 (min 1)
Search