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Fix Garbled UTF-8 Text - Repair Double-Encoded Mojibake

Fix broken, double-encoded or garbled text tool

Text can become garbled due to various encoding issues, such as double-encoding, decoding UTF-8 as Latin1, or Windows-1252 (ANSI) character misinterpretation. This client-side tool provides multiple strategies to attempt to fix common types of mojibake.

Paste your text below and choose a fix strategy.

Result

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Sample inputs

tést München Français – (dash)

Tips for using this tool:

  • If the output still looks wrong, try a different button (some strings need two passes).
  • Common problems: double-encoded UTF-8, text decoded using Latin1/Windows-1252, or HTML entities.