Text Encoding Converter

A Mojibake encoding/decoding tool. Easily fix garbled text (Mojibake) or simulate how your UTF-8 text looks in other encodings.

Mode:

Misinterpreted Encoding:

Input Text:

Output:

What is Mojibake?

Mojibake (garbled text) occurs when text encoded in one character encoding (like UTF-8) is incorrectly decoded using another encoding (like Windows-1252 or Shift_JIS). For example, "â˜º" might appear instead of "☺".

How to use this tool:

To Fix: Paste the garbled text into the input. Select "Fix Mojibake". Choose the encoding that you suspect was wrongly used (commonly Windows-1252 for Western languages).
To Simulate: Enter correct UTF-8 text. Select "Simulate Mojibake". Choose an encoding to see how it would look if misinterpreted.