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Convert file encoding with auto-detection support between UTF-8, GBK, ISO-8859-1 and other character encodings
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Fill in the form, run the tool, and review the result in one place.
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Tool usage guide
The File Encoding Converter is a reliable utility designed to fix character display issues by converting text files between various character encodings, including UTF-8, GBK, and ISO-8859-1.
Background
A legacy report exported from an old ERP system displays as unreadable symbols when opened in Excel.
Problem
The file is encoded in GBK, but the system expects UTF-8.
How to use
Upload the file, set Source Encoding to 'GBK', set Target Encoding to 'UTF-8', and convert.
Outcome
The file is converted to UTF-8, allowing the Chinese characters to display correctly in all modern applications.
Background
A collection of configuration files uses the older ISO-8859-1 encoding, causing issues with special characters on a new website.
Problem
The server environment requires all configuration files to be in UTF-8 format.
How to use
Upload the configuration file, select 'ISO-8859-1' as the source, choose 'UTF-8' as the target, and download the result.
Outcome
The configuration file is now correctly encoded in UTF-8, resolving the character rendering errors on the website.
If the source encoding is incorrect, the output file may contain corrupted characters. Use 'Auto Detect' if you are unsure of the original format.
The tool supports files up to 10MB in size.
No, this tool currently processes one file at a time.
Files are processed in memory and are not permanently stored on our servers.
We support a wide range of encodings including UTF-8, GBK, GB2312, Big5, ISO-8859-1, ASCII, UTF-16, Shift-JIS, and various Windows code pages.