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title: "Truncate Text"
description: "Local-first visual environment for building and running AI workflows. Build agents visually, deploy anywhere, privacy by design."
canonical: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/text/truncatetext
markdown: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/text/truncatetext.md
product: NodeTool
source: https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/blob/main/docs/nodes/nodetool/text/truncatetext.md
---

# Truncate Text

**Type:** `nodetool.text.TruncateText`

**Namespace:** `nodetool.text`

## Description

Truncates text to a maximum length.
    text, truncate, length, clip

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Default |
|----------|------|-------------|---------|
| text | `str` |  | `` |
| max_length | `int` |  | `100` |
| ellipsis | `str` | Optional suffix appended when truncation occurs | `` |

## Outputs

| Output | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| output | `str` |  |

## Related Nodes

Browse other nodes in the [nodetool.text](./) namespace.