UTF-8 Decoder
Fix broken characters and garbled text
Garbled Text (Mojibake)
Fixed Text
Fix Broken Characters and Garbled Text
Ever opened a file or a database export only to find weird characters like `é` or ``? This happens due to character encoding mismatches. Our UTF-8 Decoder is designed to fix broken text, converting improperly encoded strings back into readable UTF-8 characters, restoring your documents to their original state.
Common Use Cases
- Database Migrations: Fix text that got corrupted during SQL dumps or database transfers between different character sets.
- API Responses: Decode raw JSON or API data that wasn't parsed with the correct UTF-8 headers.
- Foreign Languages: Restore accented letters and non-Latin alphabets to their readable forms.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What causes Mojibake (garbled text)?
Mojibake occurs when text is saved using one character encoding (like UTF-8) but is read or displayed using a different encoding (like ISO-8859-1 or Windows-1252).
What is UTF-8?
UTF-8 is the most common character encoding on the web. It is capable of encoding all possible characters, or "code points", in Unicode, supporting almost every language in the world.
Can this tool fix all corrupted text?
It can fix double-encoded UTF-8 issues and standard encoding mismatches. However, if data was lost or overwritten with "" replacement characters permanently, the original text cannot be recovered.