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Binary Translator

Type text to see its bytes in binary, hex, decimal or octal, or paste bytes to turn them back into text.

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How to use the binary translator

  1. Choose text → code or code → text.
  2. Choose a format: binary, hex, decimal or octal.
  3. Type or paste, then copy the result.

How text becomes binary

Each character is encoded as one or more bytes with UTF-8, and each byte is shown as 8 binary digits. Plain English letters take one byte; accented letters take two and most emoji four.

Examples

Hi! → binary

01001000 01101001 00100001

48 69 21 → text (hex)

Hi!

Questions

Do I need spaces between bytes?

For binary and hex, an unbroken string also works as long as it’s a whole number of bytes.

How do I convert a single number?

Use the <a href="/tools/number-base-converter/">number base converter</a>.