diff --git a/TelegramUI/ChannelInfoController.swift b/TelegramUI/ChannelInfoController.swift
index 5433479f9b..a594a95d72 100644
--- a/TelegramUI/ChannelInfoController.swift
+++ b/TelegramUI/ChannelInfoController.swift
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ private enum ChannelInfoEntry: ItemListNodeEntry {
                     arguments.openChannelTypeSetup()
                 })
             case let .channelDescriptionSetup(theme, placeholder, value):
-                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: value, placeholder: placeholder, maxLength: 1000, sectionId: self.section, style: .plain, textUpdated: { updatedText in
+                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: value, placeholder: placeholder, maxLength: 255, sectionId: self.section, style: .plain, textUpdated: { updatedText in
                     arguments.updateEditingDescriptionText(updatedText)
                 }, action: {
                     
diff --git a/TelegramUI/CreateChannelController.swift b/TelegramUI/CreateChannelController.swift
index 783f759df6..84c820f792 100644
--- a/TelegramUI/CreateChannelController.swift
+++ b/TelegramUI/CreateChannelController.swift
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ private enum CreateChannelEntry: ItemListNodeEntry {
                     arguments.changeProfilePhoto()
                 })
             case let .descriptionSetup(theme, text, value):
-                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: value, placeholder: text, maxLength: 1000, sectionId: self.section, style: .blocks, textUpdated: { updatedText in
+                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: value, placeholder: text, maxLength: 255, sectionId: self.section, style: .blocks, textUpdated: { updatedText in
                     arguments.updateEditingDescriptionText(updatedText)
                 }, action: {
                     
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public func createChannelController(account: Account) -> ViewController {
     }, updateEditingDescriptionText: { text in
         updateState { current in
             var current = current
-            current.editingDescriptionText = text
+            current.editingDescriptionText = String(text.prefix(255))
             return current
         }
     }, done: {
diff --git a/TelegramUI/GroupInfoController.swift b/TelegramUI/GroupInfoController.swift
index 47d66e5a54..2fdb504a97 100644
--- a/TelegramUI/GroupInfoController.swift
+++ b/TelegramUI/GroupInfoController.swift
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ private enum GroupInfoEntry: ItemListNodeEntry {
                     arguments.presentController(channelVisibilityController(account: arguments.account, peerId: arguments.peerId, mode: .generic), ViewControllerPresentationArguments(presentationAnimation: ViewControllerPresentationAnimation.modalSheet))
                 })
             case let .groupDescriptionSetup(theme, placeholder, text):
-                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: text, placeholder: placeholder, maxLength: 1000, sectionId: self.section, style: .blocks, textUpdated: { updatedText in
+                return ItemListMultilineInputItem(theme: theme, text: text, placeholder: placeholder, maxLength: 255, sectionId: self.section, style: .blocks, textUpdated: { updatedText in
                     arguments.updateEditingDescriptionText(updatedText)
                 }, action: {
                     
diff --git a/TelegramUI/ItemListMultilineInputItem.swift b/TelegramUI/ItemListMultilineInputItem.swift
index ba70c49ca9..0eb744967d 100644
--- a/TelegramUI/ItemListMultilineInputItem.swift
+++ b/TelegramUI/ItemListMultilineInputItem.swift
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class ItemListMultilineInputItemNode: ListViewItemNode, ASEditableTextNodeDelega
         
         self.textClippingNode.addSubnode(self.textNode)
         self.addSubnode(self.textClippingNode)
+        
     }
     
     override func didLoad() {
@@ -290,6 +291,22 @@ class ItemListMultilineInputItemNode: ListViewItemNode, ASEditableTextNodeDelega
         }
     }
     
+    func editableTextNodeShouldPaste(_ editableTextNode: ASEditableTextNode) -> Bool {
+        if let item = self.item {
+            var text: String? = UIPasteboard.general.string
+            if let text = text {
+                if let maxLength = item.maxLength {
+                    let string = self.textNode.attributedText?.string ?? ""
+                    if string.count + text.count > maxLength {
+                        UIPasteboard.general.string = String(text[..<text.index(text.startIndex, offsetBy: maxLength - string.count)])
+                    }
+                }
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+    
     func focus() {
         if !self.textNode.textView.isFirstResponder {
             self.textNode.textView.becomeFirstResponder()