LinkedIn character limits
Every LinkedIn character limit in one place: posts, comments, headline, About, connection notes and more, with the “see more” cut and a source for each.
Count against
- Characters
- 0 / 200
- Code units
- 0
- Lines
- 1
- Hashtags
- 0
Connection request note: 200 characters (official help page).
Every LinkedIn limit, with its source
LinkedIn publishes very few of its limits. The connection note, the name rules and the hashtag change come from LinkedIn Help; the rest are figures that independent reference sites agree on, and each row says which.
| Field | Limit | Details | Styled text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connection request note | 200 characters | Free accounts can add a personal note to up to 3 connection requests a month. Premium members can add a note to every request (other connection limits still apply). | — | Official |
| Post | 3,000 characters | Spaces, line breaks, emojis and hashtags all count. | Yes | Third-party |
| Post text before “…see more” | About 3 lines (2 on sponsored posts) | A phone shows fewer characters because its lines are shorter; a blank line counts as one of the three. Reference sites put it at roughly 210 characters on desktop and 140 on mobile. | — | Reports |
| Comment | 1,250 characters | Enter starts a new line; 2026 user reports say Shift+Enter breaks can be dropped and that breaks sometimes vanish until the comment is edited. | Yes | Third-party |
| Headline | 220 characters | Since August 2024 users report that styled letters fail to save with an “invalid characters” error. Plain separators such as | and • are reported to save. | No (reported) | Third-party |
| About section | 2,600 characters | Practitioner guides from 2024–2026 say styled text still works here. We have not tested it on a live profile, so check it while logged out. | Reported to work | Third-party |
| Experience description | 2,000 characters | Per role. | Reported to work | Third-party |
| Company page About | 2,000 characters | The description on a LinkedIn Page. | — | Third-party |
| Poll question | 140 characters | Each option gets 30 characters. | — | Third-party |
| Poll option | 30 characters | Per option. | — | Third-party |
| Article title | 150 characters | Articles have their own rich-text editor with real bold and italics. | — | Third-party |
| First and last name | No length found in our sources | LinkedIn allows only your real or preferred professional name, without special characters that are not part of it. 2026 reports say emojis or special characters in the name now stop other profile edits from saving. | No | Official |
| Hashtags | No limit; profile hashtags removed | LinkedIn removed profile hashtags in February 2024. Reports say hashtag following and hashtag feeds went the same year, so hashtags now work mostly as a search and topic signal. | — | Official |
Last checked: 9 October 2026. “Official” means the platform’s own help center or newsroom; “Third-party” figures come from reference sites and are not published by the platform; “Reports” are user and practitioner observations.
The limit that matters is three lines, not 3,000 characters
A post can run to 3,000 characters, but the feed shows only the first three lines before “…see more” — two on sponsored posts — according to a September 2024 test by John Espirian. Lines are shorter on a phone, so the same three lines hold roughly 210 characters on desktop and under 140 on mobile. A blank line counts as one of the three, which is why a one-line hook followed by a gap gets cut sooner than you expect.
Write the hook to fit the phone version. The LinkedIn text formatter shows both cuts side by side, and the ChatGPT to LinkedIn tool previews the same fold after converting a draft.
Connection notes: 200 characters, and only three a month on a free plan
LinkedIn Help says a personalized invitation can be up to 200 characters. Free accounts can add one to up to three connection requests a month; Premium members can personalize all of them. Some older guides still quote 300 characters for every plan — LinkedIn’s own page says 200.
With three notes a month, use them where a sentence of context changes the answer: someone you met briefly, a shared group, or a post of theirs that helped you.
Which fields accept bold and italic letters
Posts and comments accept styled Unicode. Practitioner guides from 2024 to 2026 say the About and Experience sections still do as well, though we have not tested that on a live profile. The headline is the exception: since August 2024 users have reported an “invalid characters” error when it contains styled letters.
Names are stricter again. LinkedIn’s policy allows only your real or preferred professional name, without special characters, and 2026 reports say emojis or symbols in the name now block other profile edits from saving. The LinkedIn name and headline checker flags both problems.
Frequently asked questions
What is the LinkedIn character limit for a post?
3,000 characters, including spaces, line breaks, emojis and hashtags. LinkedIn does not publish the figure itself; it is the number independent reference sites agree on. Only about three lines show before “…see more”.
How many characters show before “see more” on LinkedIn?
About three lines on an organic post and two on a sponsored one. That works out at roughly 210 characters on desktop and under 140 on a phone, and fewer when you use short lines or a blank line near the top.
How long can a LinkedIn connection request note be?
200 characters, according to LinkedIn Help. Free accounts can add a note to three connection requests a month; Premium removes that cap.
What is the LinkedIn headline character limit?
220 characters, by third-party counts. Keep it in plain letters: users have reported since 2024 that styled letters make the headline fail to save.
What is the LinkedIn About section character limit?
2,600 characters, by third-party counts. The opening lines matter most because the section collapses on the profile.
Do emojis and styled letters count as one character?
The counter on this page counts what you see as one character, the way most people count. Styled letters are two UTF-16 code units each, and we have found no source that says which number LinkedIn uses for every field, so leave a few characters spare when you are close to a limit.