File inspector

Convert text encoding ✓

Convert a text file between supported character encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16 and legacy encodings.

⌑ Files stay on your device
Input method
Plain Text
0 characters

How to use Convert text encoding

  1. Choose your text files or paste text into the editor.
  2. Choose the input and output character encodings.
  3. Convert the text and download the re-encoded file.

Formats and requirements

Input formats
text files
Output
Depends on the selected output options
Availability
Free in your browser and through the CLI
Files per operation
1
Browser file limit
8 MiB per file, 32 MiB total

What to expect

Preserves the selected content; validate important outputs.

Do my files leave my device?

No. File processing runs locally in your browser worker. OneKit does not receive your input files or results. Required public processing libraries may download when you first use the tool.

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