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
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:122 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 6 months
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