diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 1f3cfdcdb..9c788cb57 100755
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 	title = request.values.get("title", "").strip()
 	body = request.values.get("body", "").strip()
 
+	if len(body) > 10000: return {"error":"Character limit is 10000!"}, 403
+
 	if v.marseyawarded:
 		if time.time() > v.marseyawarded:
 			v.marseyawarded = None
diff --git a/files/templates/admin/rules.html b/files/templates/admin/rules.html
index 3b13ec662..c58b4f0ac 100755
--- a/files/templates/admin/rules.html
+++ b/files/templates/admin/rules.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 				<div class="w-lg-100">
 					<form id="profile-settings" action="/admin/rules" method="post">
 						<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}">
-						<textarea class="form-control rounded" id="bio-text" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Site rules" rows="50" name="rules" form="profile-settings">{% if rules %}{{ rules }}{% endif %}</textarea>
+						<textarea maxlength="10000" class="form-control rounded" id="bio-text" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Site rules" rows="50" name="rules" form="profile-settings">{% if rules %}{{ rules }}{% endif %}</textarea>
 
 						<div class="d-flex mt-2">
 							<input class="btn btn-primary ml-auto" type="submit" value="Save">
diff --git a/files/templates/award_modal.html b/files/templates/award_modal.html
index 18fa6d5c6..c38120a5c 100755
--- a/files/templates/award_modal.html
+++ b/files/templates/award_modal.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 					</div>
 					<label id="notelabel" for="note" class="pt-4">Note (optional):</label>
 					<input id="kind" name="kind" value="" hidden>
-					<textarea id="note" name="note" class="form-control" placeholder="Note to include in award notification..."></textarea>
+					<textarea id="note" maxlength="200" name="note" class="form-control" placeholder="Note to include in award notification..."></textarea>
 					<input id="giveaward" class="btn btn-primary" style="float:right" type="submit" value="Give Award" disabled>
 				</form>
 			</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/ban_modal.html b/files/templates/ban_modal.html
index 3cbd93caa..31e7e6e1c 100755
--- a/files/templates/ban_modal.html
+++ b/files/templates/ban_modal.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 					<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}" >
 
 					<label for="ban-modal-link">Public ban reason (optional)</label>
-					<textarea name="reason" form="banModalForm" class="form-control" id="ban-modal-link" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Enter reason"></textarea>
+					<textarea maxlength="64" name="reason" form="banModalForm" class="form-control" id="ban-modal-link" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Enter reason"></textarea>
 
 					<label for="days" class="mt-3">Duration days</label>
 					<input type="number" step="any" name="days" id="days" class="form-control" placeholder="leave blank for permanent" >
diff --git a/files/templates/comment_failed.html b/files/templates/comment_failed.html
index aa0bad2d4..7305fca1a 100755
--- a/files/templates/comment_failed.html
+++ b/files/templates/comment_failed.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 				{% if parent_fullname %}<input type="hidden" name="parent_fullname" value="{{parent_fullname}}">{% endif %}
 				{% if parent_submission %}<input type="hidden" name="submission" value="{{parent_submission}}">{% endif %}
 
-				<textarea name="body" form="reply" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="reply-form" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="10">{{body}}</textarea> 
+				<textarea name="body" form="reply" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="reply-form" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." maxlength="10000" rows="10">{{body}}</textarea> 
 
 				<div class="comment-format"> 
 					<small class="format pl-0"><i class="fas fa-bold" aria-hidden="true" onclick="makeReplyBold()" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Bold"></i></small> 
diff --git a/files/templates/comments.html b/files/templates/comments.html
index f60939316..a82285c28 100755
--- a/files/templates/comments.html
+++ b/files/templates/comments.html
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 						<div id="comment-form-space-{{c.id}}" class="comment-write collapsed child">		
 							<form id="reply-to-message-{{c.id}}" action="/reply" method="post" class="input-group" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 								<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}"> 
-								<textarea name="body" form="reply-to-t3_{{c.id}}" data-id="{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="reply-form-body-{{c.id}}" aria-label="With textarea" rows="3"></textarea> 
+								<textarea maxlength="10000" name="body" form="reply-to-t3_{{c.id}}" data-id="{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="reply-form-body-{{c.id}}" aria-label="With textarea" rows="3"></textarea> 
 								<div class="comment-format" id="comment-format-bar-{{c.id}}"> 
 									<label class="btn btn-secondary format d-inline-block m-0" for="gif-reply-btn-{{c.id}}">
 										<i id="emoji-reply-btn-{{c.id}}" class="fas fa-smile-beam" onclick="loadEmojis('reply-form-body-{{c.id}}')" aria-hidden="true" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#emojiModal" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Add Emoji"></i>
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 				<div id="comment-edit-{{c.id}}" class="d-none comment-write collapsed child">
 					<form id="comment-edit-form-{{c.id}}" action="/edit_comment/{{c.id}}" method="post" class="input-group" enctype="multipart/form-data"> 
 						<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}">
-						<textarea id="comment-edit-body-{{c.id}}" data-id="{{c.id}}" name="body" form="comment-edit-form-{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3">{{c.body}}</textarea> 
+						<textarea maxlength="10000" id="comment-edit-body-{{c.id}}" data-id="{{c.id}}" name="body" form="comment-edit-form-{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3">{{c.body}}</textarea> 
 						<div class="comment-format"> 
 							<small class="btn btn-secondary format d-inline-block m-0"><span class="font-weight-bolder text-uppercase" aria-hidden="true" onclick="commentForm('comment-edit-body-{{c.id}}');getGif()" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#gifModal" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom"  title="" data-bs-original-title="Add GIF">GIF</span></small>
 							&nbsp;
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
 					<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}"> 
 					<input type="hidden" name="parent_fullname" value="{{c.fullname}}"> 
 					<input id="reply-form-submission-{{c.fullname}}" type="hidden" name="submission" value="{{c.post.id}}"> 
-					<textarea id="reply-form-body-{{c.fullname}}" data-fullname="{{c.fullname}}" name="body" form="reply-to-t3_{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3"></textarea> 
+					<textarea maxlength="10000" id="reply-form-body-{{c.fullname}}" data-fullname="{{c.fullname}}" name="body" form="reply-to-t3_{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3"></textarea> 
 					<div class="comment-format" id="comment-format-bar-{{c.id}}"> 
 						<label class="btn btn-secondary format d-inline-block m-0" for="gif-reply-btn-{{c.fullname}}">
 							<span id="gif-reply-btn-{{c.fullname}}" class="font-weight-bolder text-uppercase" onclick="commentForm('reply-form-body-{{c.fullname}}');getGif()" aria-hidden="true" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#gifModal" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Add GIF">GIF</span>
diff --git a/files/templates/contact.html b/files/templates/contact.html
index 3e3e55ea5..deb999b8d 100755
--- a/files/templates/contact.html
+++ b/files/templates/contact.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <form id="contactform" action="/contact" method="post">
 
 <label for="input-message" class="mt-3">Your message</label>
-<textarea id="input-message" form="contactform" name="message" class="form-control" required></textarea>
+<textarea maxlength="10000" id="input-message" form="contactform" name="message" class="form-control" required></textarea>
 
 <input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary mt-3">
 
diff --git a/files/templates/settings_security.html b/files/templates/settings_security.html
index 855684000..f7178b9d1 100755
--- a/files/templates/settings_security.html
+++ b/files/templates/settings_security.html
@@ -263,18 +263,6 @@
 						</div>
 						{% endif %}
 
-						<div class="d-lg-flex mt-3">
-
-							<label for="delete-reason" class="w-lg-25" id="email-password-label">Feedback</label>
-
-							<div class="w-lg-100">
-
-									<textarea class="form-control mb-2" id="delete-reason" name="delete_reason" placeholder="Tell us why you're leaving {{'SITE_NAME' | app_config}}. (Optional)"></textarea>
-
-							</div>
-
-						</div>
-
 					</div>
 				</form>
 			</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/submission.html b/files/templates/submission.html
index d2f411c4d..a21c641b3 100755
--- a/files/templates/submission.html
+++ b/files/templates/submission.html
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 								<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}">
 								<input type="hidden" name="current_page" value="{{request.path}}">
 								<input name="title" required placeholder="title" value="{{p.title}}" >
-								<textarea name="body" id="post-edit-box-{{p.id}}" form="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add text to your post..." rows="10">{{p.body}}</textarea> 
+								<textarea name="body" maxlength="10000" id="post-edit-box-{{p.id}}" form="post-edit-form-{{p.id}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add text to your post..." rows="10">{{p.body}}</textarea> 
 								<div class="comment-format"> 
 									<small class="format pl-0"><i class="fas fa-bold" aria-hidden="true" onclick="makeBold('post-edit-box-{{p.id}}')" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Bold"></i></small> 
 									<a class="format" href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fas fa-italic" aria-hidden="true" onclick="makeItalics('post-edit-box-{{p.id}}')" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Italicize"></i></a> 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@
 			<input type="hidden" name="parent_fullname" value="t2_{{p.id}}">
 			<input id="reply-form-submission-{{p.fullname}}" type="hidden" name="submission" value="{{p.id}}">
 			{% if v %}
-			<textarea id="reply-form-body-{{p.fullname}}" data-fullname="{{p.fullname}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="comment-form" name="body" form="reply-to-{{p.fullname}}" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3"></textarea>
+			<textarea maxlength="10000" id="reply-form-body-{{p.fullname}}" data-fullname="{{p.fullname}}" class="comment-box form-control rounded" id="comment-form" name="body" form="reply-to-{{p.fullname}}" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3"></textarea>
 			{% endif %}
 			<div class="comment-format">
 				<a class="btn btn-secondary format d-inline-block m-0" href="javascript:void(0)"><i class="fas fa-bold" onclick="makeBold('reply-form-body-{{p.fullname}}')" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom"  title="" data-bs-original-title="Bold"></i></a>
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 
 	{% if not v and not p.is_banned %}
 	<div class="comment-write mb-3">
-		<textarea class="comment-box form-control rounded" name="body" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3" onclick="location.href='/login?redirect={{request.path | urlencode}}';"></textarea>
+		<textarea maxlength="10000" class="comment-box form-control rounded" name="body" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Add your comment..." rows="3" onclick="location.href='/login?redirect={{request.path | urlencode}}';"></textarea>
 	</div>
 	{% if p.comment_count >= 2 %}
 	<div class="card border-0 mt-4">