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Charset Switcher

by volsteo · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Quickly switch page character encoding via right-click menu to fix garbled text

Users
122
+8 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#79K
#66K among extensions
Version
2.1.1
updated 16 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 6 months
061122Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 122 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 6 months
001Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Charset Switcher

Web pages sometimes display incorrectly because the browser misidentifies the character encoding — especially common with older sites, legacy servers, or cross-language content. Instead of digging through Chrome's hidden settings, just right-click and pick the right encoding. Key Features - One-click fix — Right-click any page, choose the correct encoding (UTF-8, GBK, Big5, Shift_JIS, and more), and the page instantly re-renders correctly - 10+ encodings — Supports Chinese (GBK, GB2312, Big5), Japanese (Shift_JIS, EUC-JP), Korean (EUC-KR), Russian (KOI8-R), Western (ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252), and Unicode (UTF-8) - Safe to try — One-click restore to the original encoding at any time. No risk, just click and see - Smart preferences — Optionally remember your encoding choice per website, so it auto-applies on your next visit - 5 languages — Interface available in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Russian - Source file friendly — .js and .css files display with proper formatting and line wrapping - Lightweight — No external dependencies, no network requests, runs entirely offline

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+4+3.4%00.00
30 days+8+7.0%00.00

Version history

7 versions recorded
2.1.116 Oct 2026
2.1.029 Sep 2026
2.0.116 Sep 2026
2.0.012 Sep 2026
1.0.318 May 2026
1.0.25 May 2026
1.0.128 Apr 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
28 Apr 2026
Size
125 KB
Languages
de, en, es, fr, it, pt-BR, ru, ar
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
dev0601w.github.io
Extension ID
jjjdfmlplcfnnhnehbcncckfjgenccki

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3
Permissions
contextMenusstorageactiveTabscriptingtabsnotificationsdeclarativeNetRequest
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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