Arabic Text Encoding Repair
Read a text file as UTF-8 or Windows-1256 and preview the choice before export.
TXT, CSV, SRT and similar files up to 2 MB. Or drop the file here.
Paste text that looks like Ù…Øمد or ظ…طظ…ط¯ — Arabic saved as UTF-8 but opened with the wrong encoding.
Your result
Choose a file, or paste garbled text, to see readable Arabic.
How to use it
- Choose the file or paste the garbled text.
- Leave the encoding on Detect or pick one.
- Check the text and download it as UTF-8.
Examples
- Windows-1256 fileAn old CSV file Readable Arabic
- Garbled textمرØبا مرحبا
- Another garblingظ…ط±طط¨ط§ مرحبا
Tool details and privacy
Repair Arabic that shows strange symbols: open a file saved as Windows-1256 and convert it to UTF-8, or paste garbled text such as Ù…Øمد to get the Arabic back.
Files from older systems or from Excel sometimes show unreadable symbols.
Options
- Add the UTF-8 mark so Excel shows Arabic correctly.
Limits
- If the text shows question marks or �, the letters are lost and cannot be recovered from the text; use the original file.
- Up to 2 MB.
Privacy
What you type or open stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or saved on the server.
Questions
What does Detect do?
It tries UTF-8, then Windows-1256.
Does it fix any garbled text?
It fixes UTF-8 text opened with the wrong encoding.
Is the original file changed?
No, you download a new copy.
Is the file uploaded?
No.