Gmail email signature too long message

Install your email signature in Gmail without character limits.

Want the freedom the design a larger email signature for Gmail without any character limit restrictions? Download our Free Email Signature Rescue browser extension and install a better email signature in Gmail today.

Works with:

• Chrome, Opera, Brave, Safari and Firefox.

Reduce the length of the HTML in your email signature

If for any reason you don't want to use our free browser extension to bypass the character limit, you will need to ensure your email signature's HTML code is under 10,000 characters. Here's some suggestions on how to achieve this.

Use Short Links

To reduce the amount of characters, turn on short links in Profile > Settings.

Use the read more link in your

If your signature has a long legal disclaimer, use the Read More link in the Messages tab and link to an online version of your legal disclaimer to save on characters.

So instead of including this long disclaimer:

The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Its contents (including any attachments) are confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not an intended recipient you must not use, disclose, disseminate, copy or print its contents. If you receive this email in error, please delete and destroy the message and notify the sender by reply email.

You could include this instead:

The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Read More.

Choose an email signature template with less characters

If you're using a design-rich email signature template, for example, the Understated or Market Me, consider changing to a different template that has less characters, like the Div Party, Neptune or Socialite.

It could be an error

If your signature is not over 10,000 characters, it may mean that there is some left over code in the Gmail Signature Editor box that needs to be deleted. You need to delete the entire email signature and start again, following these instructions:

Watch this video if your email signature is not over 10,000 characters and won't save in Gmail:

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Need more help with your Gmail signatures?

HTML email signatures for Gmail can be tricky! Our members love using our Gmail templates, Gmail browser extension and Gmail support services.

1. Open Gmail.
2. Go to your signature settings and delete the entire signature. Make sure that the cursor is at the top of the box and there is nothing left in the signature box. You can also "Ctrl A" inside the box and then press delete. There can be some code left in the signature box but you can't see anything. So just keep hitting that delete button until you cannot delete anything and the cursor is at the top left. Drag your mouse around the box to make sure that you cannot select anything in the box. When you are confident that there is absolutely nothing left in the signature box, move on to the next step.
3. Open your Email Signature Rescue html file in your browser.
4. Select All (Ctrl A) to select the entire signature. You must select all of the signature. Using Ctrl A ensures it is all selected.
5. Right click on the selected area and copy the signature or (Ctrl C).
6. Then paste the entire signature into the signature text box (Ctrl V) in Gmail.

Still getting the error message?

If you have tried what we have suggested and you keep getting the error message in Gmail saying that the signature is too long, it may be just too long. Gmail has a character limit of 10,000 characters, which is a lot of characters, but if you have a really long signature, it may just be too long. Try shortening the signature and paste it in again or use our free extension that allows you to have an email signature with unlimited characters.

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