diff --git a/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js b/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js
index 433edc1a9..10c1171d6 100644
--- a/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js
+++ b/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // 06/25/21    Eric Smith       Added a Required attribute and increased the bottom margin to better match standard components
 // 07/02/21    Eric Smith       Added a Required * to the Input Label if Required is True
 // 04/04/23    Clifford Beul    Added disabled categories and optional overwrite of formats
+// 01/08/24    Declan Toohey    Modified character count calculation to not include HTML characters in character count
 
 import { LightningElement, api, track } from 'lwc';
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export default class inputRichTextFSC_LWC extends LightningElement {
     @api required = false;
     @api disabledCategories = '';
     @api enabledFormats;
+    @api excludeHTMLCharacterCount = false;
 
     formats = ['font', 'size', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline',
         'strike', 'list', 'indent', 'align', 'link',
@@ -193,7 +195,13 @@ export default class inputRichTextFSC_LWC extends LightningElement {
             this.isValidCheck = true;
             this.richText = event.target.value;
         }
+
         this.characterCount = this.richText.length;
+        if (this.excludeHTMLCharacterCount) {
+            //Regex <[^>]*> removes any HTML from the word count
+            this.characterCount = this.richText.replace(/<[^>]*>/ig, "").length;
+        }
+
         if(this.characterCap && this.characterCount > this.characterLimit){
             this.isValidCheck = false;
         }
diff --git a/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js-meta.xml b/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js-meta.xml
index 672fcc25c..da482fd49 100644
--- a/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js-meta.xml
+++ b/flow_screen_components/richTextInputFSC/force-app/main/default/lwc/inputRichTextFSC/inputRichTextFSC.js-meta.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             <property label="Warning Only" name="warnOnly" type="Boolean" role="inputOnly" description="Set to True if you want disallowed Symbols or Words to only alert and not block next/finish.  Default is false."/>
             <property label="Character Limit" name="characterLimit" type="Integer" role="inputOnly" description="If set, then the character count will be limited to this quantity."/>
             <property label="Required?" name="required" type="Boolean" role="inputOnly" default="false" description="Set to True if you want to require an entry for this input."/>
+            <property label="Exclude HTML in character count?" name="excludeHTMLCharacterCount" type="Boolean" role="inputOnly" default="false" description="Set to True if you want to exclude HTML characters in the character count."/>
         </targetConfig>
     </targetConfigs>
 </LightningComponentBundle>
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