🔧 Fix Encoding Issues (UTF-8 Cleaner)

🎯 Quick Start

1. Paste your text with encoding issues into the Input Text area

2. Click 🔧 Fix Encoding to automatically fix common issues

3. Review the fixed text in the Output area

4. Use 📥 Export to save the corrected text

🔍 Encoding Detection

The tool automatically detects the encoding of your text using:

• BOM (Byte Order Mark) analysis
• Character frequency analysis
• Invalid UTF-8 sequence detection
• Common mojibake pattern recognition

🛠️ Fix Options Explained

• Target Encoding: The encoding you want to convert to (usually UTF-8)
• Source Encoding: The encoding of your input text (auto-detect if unsure)
• Mojibake Pattern: Select the type of garbled text you're seeing
• BOM Handling: Add, remove, or keep the Byte Order Mark
• Fix HTML Entities: Convert   to actual spaces, etc.
• Fix URL Encoding: Decode %20, %2F, etc.
• Normalize Unicode: Combine accented characters (é instead of é)
• Remove Control Characters: Strip invisible control chars
• Batch Mode: Process each line independently

🔧 Common Issues & Solutions

Garbled characters like "é" instead of "é": Your text was encoded as UTF-8, then decoded as Latin-1. Select "Latin-1 interpreted as UTF-8" pattern.

Double-encoded text: Text encoded as UTF-8 twice. Select "Double-encoded UTF-8" pattern.

Question marks or squares: Characters not supported by the target encoding. Try UTF-8 as target.

BOM issues in files: Use BOM handling to add/remove the BOM as needed.

💾 Encoding Profiles

Save your frequently used settings as profiles for quick access. Click "Save Current Settings" to create a profile.

🔌 API Access

Click the API button to see how to integrate this tool into your applications or text editors.

⚡ Tips

• Use the Compare view to see exactly what changed
• The stats bar shows real-time encoding information
• Batch mode is useful for CSV files with mixed encodings
• Export with BOM if you need compatibility with Windows apps