Computers store the letter H as the number 72, which is 01001000 in binary and 48 in hex. This converter shows text in any of those forms and turns such codes back into readable text.
Text is encoded as UTF-8, the standard for the web, so accented letters and emoji work: they take two to four bytes each. When decoding, the bytes can be separated by spaces, commas or nothing at all.
How to use the Text to Binary Converter tool
- Choose the direction, for example text to binary.
- Type or paste your input.
- Copy the result.
Popular uses
- Homework and teaching about how text is stored
- Decoding a binary or hex message from a puzzle
- Inspecting the bytes of a string while debugging
Tips for the best result
- Each ASCII character is 8 binary digits or 2 hex digits.
- Binary without spaces is fine as long as its length is a multiple of 8.
Quick facts
| Price | Free |
|---|---|
| Works with | Text |
| Where it runs | In your browser, on your device |
| Account | Not needed |