# Text Truncator

> Shorten text to a character, word or sentence limit without cutting words in half.

Truncating text means cutting it to a limit without leaving a half-word dangling. Choose a character, word or sentence limit, decide whether to respect word boundaries, and set what gets appended — the suffix is only added when the text was genuinely shortened.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/text-truncator
**Category:** Text Tools (https://convertto.tech/c/text-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Enter or paste your text.
2. Choose the limit by.
3. Set the limit.
4. Enter or paste your append.
5. Turn "Never cut a word in half" on or off as needed.
6. Turn "Truncate each line separately" on or off as needed.
7. The result appears immediately — copy or download it.

## FAQ

### How long should a meta description be?

Around 150 to 160 characters, though Google truncates by pixel width rather than count. Beyond that the text is cut with an ellipsis, so the important part must come first regardless of the limit you target.

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