CSV Encoding Fixer

CSV / TEXT / TSV · LOCAL PROCESSING

Open your CSV
correctly in Excel.

Read the source encoding, check the preview, then export an Excel-friendly UTF-8 BOM file. Your file never leaves this browser.

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  1. 01
    Upload a fileCSV, TXT or TSV
  2. 02
    Check the previewMake sure the text looks right
  3. 03
    Download the new fileReady for Excel by default

Preview first. Download when it looks right.

Files are read in this browser tab only

CSV Encoding FixerConvert to UTF-8 / UTF-8 BOM
LOCAL

Choose a CSV file

Drop it here, or

CSV, TXT, TSV · Up to 100 MB recommended
01

Excel still shows garbled text?

Keep “UTF-8 with BOM” selected. The marker at the start of the file helps Excel recognize the encoding.

02

Is the preview still wrong?

Change the source encoding to GBK, Big5, Shift-JIS or EUC-KR until the preview looks right.

03

Seeing ? or �?

The original characters may already be gone. Encoding conversion cannot restore text that was replaced during export.

The common encoding problems are covered.

UTF-8 / BOMGB18030 / GBKBig5 / CP950Shift-JISEUC-KRWindows-1252UTF-16 LE / BE