What is “The Signature is too long. Please try a shorter signature” in Gmail?
This is a common error while adding a signature in Gmail. Currently, Gmail has a character limit of 10,000 for email signatures. The signature code is created in HTML format and the same should not be go beyond 10,000 characters. If it does, Google says “The signature is too long. Please try a shorter signature”.
How to Fix Gmail Signature Too Long Issue?
This error can easily be solved by implementing a few easy tricks.
1. First of all copy Signature source code and check the character limit. If it doesn’t exceed 10,000 characters then its fine. Or if it exceeds the limit, remove unwanted codes.
2. Upload the image to Google Drive and copy the image link. Now, use URL image link in Gmail signature.
3. Remove empty spaces or Minify HTML codes.
4. Avoid adding a disclaimer to a logo. Normally an average disclaimer takes up to 700 – 800 characters.
These are the common practices to fix Gmail signature too long issue.