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title: "Long text fields in Airtable"
slug: "long-text-fields-in-airtable"
updated: 2025-06-24T15:54:40Z
published: 2025-06-24T15:54:40Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.airtable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Long text fields in Airtable

| **Plan availability** | All plan types |
| --- | --- |
| **Permissions** | - **Owner** /**Creator** - Have access to all field configuration options. Additionally everything editors, commenters, or read-only users can do. - **Editor** - Can sort by, filter by, group by, or hide the field within a view. - **Commenter** / **Read-only** - Copy a field's URL |
| **Platform(s)** | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |

NoteConsider having [Omni](https://support.airtable.com/docs/using-omni-ai-in-airtable) create a field for you. With Omni's AI capabilities, you can use plain text requests to build, update, and query in your Airtable base. You can also create [AI-powered fields called field agents](https://support.airtable.com/docs/using-airtable-ai-in-fields).  

In Airtable, long text fields provide more space for text-based information when a single line text field is not large enough. Information in long text fields can be additionally formatted by enabling rich text. You can even generate content in long text fields by configuring AI prompts in long text fields. Whatever your use case, long text fields help to provide more insight about the records you are working with in Airtable.

## Adding long text fields in Airtable

> [!CAUTION]
> NOTE
> 
> Single line text fields and long text fields are limited to 100,000 characters.

To add long text fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable homepage](https://airtable.com/).
2. Create or open your preferred base.
3. [Add](https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-field-actions#adding-and-deleting-fields) or [edit a field](https://support.airtable.com/docs/field-type-overview#field-configuration-menu).
4. Search for and select **Long text**.
5. From here, you can:
  1. **Enable rich text formatting** - Learn more about [using rich text in Airtable here](/docs/using-rich-text-with-airtable).
  2. **Generate text** - Learn more about this option [in this support article](/docs/using-airtable-ai-in-long-text-fields).

## FAQs

**How can I use AI in a long text field?**

[Refer to our article all about field agents here](/v1/docs/using-airtable-ai-in-fields).