Encode Quoted Printable

Encode accented letters and symbols the way email (MIME) expects them.

Encode Quoted Printable

Quoted-Printable is the MIME encoding that lets emails carry accented letters and symbols while staying readable in plain ASCII. Characters outside the safe range are written as an equals sign and two hex digits.

How to use Encode Quoted Printable

Type or paste your text into Enter Your Text.
Click Encode.
Copy the encoded output.

When it comes in handy

Building or debugging raw email messages and MIME parts.
Testing how a mail system handles non-ASCII characters.
Preparing text for tools that only accept 7-bit ASCII.

Frequently asked questions

How is it different from Base64?

Quoted-Printable keeps mostly-ASCII text readable and only escapes the odd character. Base64 changes everything but is better for binary data.

What is the = at the end of a line?

It is a soft line break, used to split long lines in the encoded message without changing the text.

Related guides

What Is Base64 Encoding, and When Should You Actually Use It? Base64 encoding turns binary data into plain text so it survives systems built for text. Here is what it is for, and what it is not for.

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