About the Text to Binary Converter
Computers store text as numbers, and those numbers are stored as binary digits (bits). This converter encodes your text as UTF-8 and shows each byte as eight bits, separated by spaces. For example, the letter “A” is 01000001.
Characters from the basic English set take one byte each. Accented letters take two bytes, and most emoji take four, which you can see clearly in the output. It is a practical way to learn about character encoding or to create binary puzzles.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text.
- Click Convert to Binary.
- Copy the binary output.
Example
Hi é
01001000 01101001 00100000 11000011 10101001
When to use it
- Learning how computers represent text.
- Creating puzzles and secret messages.
- Teaching computer science basics.
- Debugging byte-level encoding issues.
Frequently asked questions
Why does “é” produce two bytes?
In UTF-8, characters outside basic ASCII are stored using two to four bytes.
How do I convert binary back to text?
Use the Binary to Text Converter.
Is this ASCII or UTF-8?
UTF-8. For basic English characters the result is identical to ASCII.
Is the text I enter kept private?
Yes. The Text to Binary Converter runs entirely in your web browser, so your text is never uploaded to or stored on our servers. Like most free websites, TextForge shows ads from Google, which may use cookies. See our Privacy Policy for details.