Decode Quoted Printable
Clean up =C3=A9-style email source back into the original readable text.
Decode Quoted Printable
When you view the source of an email, accented characters often appear as =C3=A9 and lines end with a stray equals sign. The decoder rebuilds the original text from that format.
How to use Decode Quoted Printable
- Paste the Quoted-Printable text into Enter Your Text.
- Click Decode.
- Copy the readable text.
When it comes in handy
- Reading the body of an email from its raw source.
- Debugging messages that show odd characters after being processed.
- Recovering text from saved .eml files.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I still see odd characters?
The message may use a different charset than UTF-8. Check the Content-Type header of the email part for its charset.
What happens to the soft line breaks?
A line that ends in = is joined to the next line, so long paragraphs come back as continuous text.
