diff --git a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/upload/InstanceGoogleSheetsUploader.java b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/upload/InstanceGoogleSheetsUploader.java
index f6b4ed15786..34f12941fdb 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/upload/InstanceGoogleSheetsUploader.java
+++ b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/upload/InstanceGoogleSheetsUploader.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.odk.collect.android.preferences.GeneralSharedPreferences;
 import org.odk.collect.android.preferences.GeneralKeys;
 import org.odk.collect.android.tasks.FormLoaderTask;
+import org.odk.collect.android.utilities.TextUtils;
 import org.odk.collect.android.utilities.UrlUtils;
 import org.odk.collect.android.utilities.gdrive.DriveHelper;
 import org.odk.collect.android.utilities.gdrive.GoogleAccountsManager;
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public String getUrlToSubmitTo(Instance instance, String deviceId, String overri
 
     private void insertRows(Instance instance, TreeElement element, String parentKey, String key, File instanceFile, String sheetTitle)
             throws UploadException {
-        insertRow(instance, element, parentKey, key, instanceFile, sheetTitle);
+        insertRow(instance, element, parentKey, key, instanceFile, TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning(sheetTitle));
 
         int repeatIndex = 0;
         for (TreeElement child : getChildElements(element, true)) {
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ private Set<String> getSheetTitles(TreeElement element) {
         Set<String> sheetTitles = new HashSet<>();
         for (TreeElement childElement : getChildElements(element, false)) {
             if (childElement.isRepeatable()) {
-                sheetTitles.add(getElementTitle(childElement));
+                sheetTitles.add(TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning(getElementTitle(childElement)));
                 sheetTitles.addAll(getSheetTitles(childElement));
             }
         }
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ private HashMap<String, String> getAnswers(Instance instance, TreeElement elemen
         for (TreeElement childElement : getChildElements(element, false)) {
             String elementTitle = getElementTitle(childElement);
             if (childElement.isRepeatable()) {
-                answers.put(elementTitle, getHyperlink(getSheetUrl(getSheetId(elementTitle)), elementTitle));
+                answers.put(elementTitle, getHyperlink(getSheetUrl(getSheetId(TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning(elementTitle))), elementTitle));
             } else {
                 String answer = childElement.getValue() != null ? childElement.getValue().getDisplayText() : "";
                 if (new File(instanceFile.getParentFile() + "/" + answer).isFile()) {
diff --git a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtils.java b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtils.java
index db866009a60..58f0ef0a058 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtils.java
+++ b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtils.java
@@ -116,5 +116,11 @@ public static CharSequence textToHtml(String text) {
 
         return Html.fromHtml(markdownToHtml(text));
     }
+
+    public static String ellipsizeBeginning(String text) {
+        return text.length() <= 100
+                ? text
+                : "..." + text.substring(text.length() - 97, text.length());
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtilsTest.java b/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtilsTest.java
index e5149ff6484..0ff583f3b1d 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtilsTest.java
+++ b/collect_app/src/test/java/org/odk/collect/android/utilities/TextUtilsTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class TextUtilsTest {
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ public void markDownToHtmlEscapesBackslash() {
                 {"\\\\\\", "\\\\"}};
 
         for (String[] testCase : tests) {
-            Assert.assertEquals(testCase[1], TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase[0]));
+            assertEquals(testCase[1], TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase[0]));
         }
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ public void markDownToHtml_EscapesLessThan() {
                 {"test < 1/>", "test &lt; 1/>"}
         };
         for (String[] testCase: tests) {
-            Assert.assertEquals(testCase[1], TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase[0]));
+            assertEquals(testCase[1], TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase[0]));
         }
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ public void markDownToHtml_SupportsHtml() {
                 "</closetag>"
         };
         for (String testCase: tests) {
-            Assert.assertEquals(testCase, TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase));
+            assertEquals(testCase, TextUtils.markdownToHtml(testCase));
         }
     }
 
@@ -88,8 +90,23 @@ public void textToHtml_SupportsEscapedLt() {
         };
 
         for (String testCase: tests) {
-            Assert.assertEquals(testCase, TextUtils.textToHtml(testCase).toString());
+            assertEquals(testCase, TextUtils.textToHtml(testCase).toString());
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void ellipsizeBeginningTest() {
+        //50 chars
+        assertEquals("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur massa nunc",
+                TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur massa nunc"));
+        //100 chars
+        assertEquals("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer tempus, risus ac cursus turpis duis",
+                TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer tempus, risus ac cursus turpis duis"));
+        //101 chars
+        assertEquals("...m ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras finibus, augue a imperdiet orci aliquam",
+                TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras finibus, augue a imperdiet orci aliquam"));
+        //150 chars
+        assertEquals("...it. Donec cursus condimentum sagittis. Ut condimentum efficitur libero, vitae volutpat dui nullam",
+                TextUtils.ellipsizeBeginning("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec cursus condimentum sagittis. Ut condimentum efficitur libero, vitae volutpat dui nullam"));
+    }
 }