Base64 encode and decode

Encode text or files to Base64, and decode Base64 back to files.

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How to use Base64 encoder

Type text or drop a file to encode. Switch to Decode, paste a Base64 string, and download the bytes if it was a file. URL-safe Base64 is supported. Everything stays in the tab.

Convert strings and files to Base64 for data URLs, email attachments, and APIs. Decode a Base64 payload back to text or a downloadable binary.

Also searched as base64 encode, base64 decode, base64 converter. All processing for this tool happens in your tab unless labeled otherwise.

Questions

Is Base64 encryption?

No. It is encoding. Anyone can decode it.

UTF-8?

Text is encoded as UTF-8 before Base64.

Data URLs?

The encode view can prefix image/*;base64, for use in CSS and HTML.

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