Minimum/Maximum Number of Characters in a Field

HubSpot Ideas
41

Very useful idea and an essential feature but sad to see that this hasn’t been implemented even after 4 years of idea submission.

42

being able to format, require minimum/maximum word counts would be extremely beneficial for our data integrity.

Use case: Phone numbers, application form properties (we need the customer to provide us better information ) ect.

43

I agree with this. It’s an extra level that would really assist our qualification process.

44

Definitely needed, for example to stop people simply skipping ‘first name’ fields with one letter. This would help us ensure our database is clean by setting minimum characters in specific fields for our forms

45

This is essential.

46

Hi folks,

I’m Shay Jones, the Product Manager on the CRM product team.

I’m happy to report that this Idea is now In Planning! Our team is actively building this feature.

The product development process is always filled with unexpected bumps and hurdles, so I can’t give a timeline, but I am confident in saying we’ll deliver this feature as soon as possible.

All updates will be relayed on this thread, so stay tuned!

Best,

Shay

47

Hi everyone,

I’d like to thank you all for taking the time to submit, vote and comment on this Idea. My name is Shay, and I’m the Product Manager for HubSpot’s Properties.

I’m happy to announce that this feature is now In Beta!!!

We are rolling this feature out over the next couple of weeks. Once this feature is available in your portal, you will see an option to opt into the beta within your portal under “Product Updates”.

To learn more, check out this KB Doc: Set validation rules for a property

We’ll be sure to update you here and on our Product Updates blog as soon as this feature is Delivered.

Shay

48

This is a good addition to HubSpot, it will be great if we can have this validation for form fields, IE limiting the number of characters in a field for Postal Code.

49

Sounds great, but it’s not available in Beta.

50

*Update: All customers are opted-in to the Beta at this point, so you no longer need to do that step (so directions are out-dated) — but that’s good!
But then this feature doesn’t work at all on default Hubspot fields — only works on custom fields. That’s a needed feature. Here’s an example:
If you want to apply a character count limit to say Job Title, to ensure all leads to sync to your CRM which also has a job title character count limit, you can’t.

51

Hi

Would it be possible to stop the use of special characters and numbers in the first and last name properties?

I spend a lot of time correcting these in Husbpot

Thanks

Gill

52

Am I missing something? This only limits the character limit when editing the field directly in the contact properties, not when a user submits a form. Is there an additional setting somewhere?

53

Hi everyone,

This feature has been delivered and can be set on custom properties. However, at the moment the rules are only enforced on manual entry into actual records within HubSpot. We are currently working to get this enforced on forms as well and should be deployed soon. We will keep you all posted.

Thanks!

54

Is there an update to the “We are currently working to get this enforced on forms as well and should be deployed soon. We will keep you all posted.”

Very frustrating

55

Agreed, any update on when this will be enforced on forms as well?

56

Hi, what is the update on this idea, is it yet to be used in Forms?

57

Any updates on the limiting characters on forms?

58

Any updates on the limiting characters on forms?

59

this feature doesn’t work at all on default Hubspot fields — only works on custom fields. That’s a needed feature.

60

This feature is essential for our proper utilisation of membership application forms (for text fields). Therefore, it would be great to have a solution soon!