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Mojibake Decoder

Fix garbled text encoding (e.g. é → é). 100% private—your data stays in your browser.

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1

Upload File

Drag & drop your CSV or text file.

2

Process

Tool analyzes and transforms your data.

3

Download

Get your processed file.

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Supported files: CSV, TXT, JSON (Max 20MB)

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Accepts .csv and .txt files up to 20MB.

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What This Tool Does

Mojibake occurs when UTF-8 text is read as Windows-1252/Latin-1. This tool reverses the error to restore the original characters.

How It Works

1Paste the garbled text.
2The engine detects common double-encoding patterns.
3It re-encodes and decodes correctly.
4You get readable text back.

Input Format

Garbled string or file.

Output Format

Correctly encoded UTF-8 text.

When to Use This Tool

  • You see characters like é instead of é.
  • Opening a CSV shows weird symbols.
  • Database exports look broken.

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