Encode and decode Base64
Convert text and files to standard or URL-safe Base64, recover UTF-8 text and rebuild files without sending them to a server.
✓Local processing in this tool
Files
File → Base64
Up to 25 MB to display the result as text.
Base64 → file
Features
Unicode
Uses TextEncoder and TextDecoder to handle Unicode text correctly.
Both directions
Encodes and decodes text, supports URL-safe Base64, Data URI and file conversion.
Local
The entered content is not sent.
What Base64 is
Base64 is a textual representation of binary data. It is not encryption and provides no confidentiality: anyone with the content can decode it.
Frequently asked questions
Does Base64 encrypt text?
No. It only changes how the content is represented.