What is a Base64 to text decoder?
A Base64 to text decoder turns a Base64 or Base64URL string back into readable UTF-8 text. Use it for API payloads, copied config values, tokens you are allowed to inspect, and encoded JSON snippets.
How to use it
- Paste the Base64 string into the input box.
- Leave whitespace and line breaks in place if they came from a wrapped value.
- Copy the decoded UTF-8 text from the output.
Example
Input: SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==
Output: Hello, World!
Common mistakes
- Base64 is not always text. If the output looks garbled, try Base64 to hex, Base64 to file, or a media-specific decoder.
- URL-safe Base64 uses
-and_. This decoder normalizes those characters automatically. - Missing padding is usually repairable, but a truncated string cannot be fully recovered.
Related tools
- Reverse the conversion with Text to Base64.
- Check copied input with the Base64 validator.
- Repair common copy/paste problems with Repair malformed Base64.
Privacy and security
Decoding happens in your browser. Do not treat decoded secrets as safe just because they were Base64 encoded.