What is Set Character Encoding?
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Right-click at somewhere on web page to manually set character encoding. The selected character set will automatically apply to all pages on the same site. Select "Use page default" to cancel it. This extension modifies http response headers to override original character set, so when installing Chrome will say "it can read and change all your data on the websites you visit". Just let it go because that is exactly how it works. Starting from V0.4, it supports changing encoding of local files, but you need check 'Allow access to file URLs' in extension manage page. Starting from Chrome 72, old versions will stop working because new Chrome requires extensions to request for extra permission to modify response header. Please use V0.51 or later. To anybody who reports "not working", please share the URL of the page that is not working. We will try our best to make it work for you.
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- Restores functionality removed by Google
- Works well in certain browsers and versions
- Can change encoding
- Not working or experiencing issues in recent Chrome versions
- Problem with newline characters getting lost
- Context menu and decoding issues
- Some websites lock right-click functions
- Issues with newline characters
- Not working in recent versions of Chrome
- Restores functionality
- Context menu problems
- Decoding issues
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Set Character Encoding requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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Set Character Encoding has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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