Paste a Base64 string and decode it to plain readable text. Choose from UTF-8, ASCII, or Latin-1 character encoding. All processing happens in your browser.
Base64 encoding represents binary data using 64 printable ASCII characters. When you decode a Base64 string, each group of 4 Base64 characters is converted back to 3 bytes of binary data, which is then interpreted as text using the selected character encoding.
UTF-8 is the most common encoding for modern web content and supports all Unicode characters. ASCII covers the basic English alphabet and symbols (0-127), while Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) extends ASCII with Western European characters.
Base64 to Text specifically decodes Base64 into readable text with character encoding options. The general Base64 decoder handles both text and binary data, while this tool focuses on producing clean, readable text output.
Use UTF-8 in most cases — it's the standard encoding for web content and supports all languages. Use ASCII for legacy systems, or Latin-1 for Western European text from older databases.
The text was likely encoded using a different character encoding than the one selected. Try switching between UTF-8, ASCII, and Latin-1 to find the correct encoding.
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