Set Character Encoding

Name: Set Character Encoding
Rating: 4.038732394366197 (284 reviews)
Author: BitLab

Provide right-click menu to manually set character encoding for web pages.

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The Set Character Encoding Chrome extension allows users to manually change the character encoding of any web page via a convenient right-click menu. Once selected, the character encoding is applied automatically to all pages within the same website, enhancing readability and correcting display issues caused by incorrect encoding.

Key features include the ability to revert to the page's default encoding, support for changing encoding on local files (when permission is granted), and overriding HTTP response headers to ensure the selected encoding takes precedence. The extension requires permission to modify headers, aligning with Chrome's security updates from version 72 onward. If users encounter issues, the developers encourage sharing problematic URLs to enhance compatibility.

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By:

BitLab

Users:

200,000

Rating:

4.04

(284)

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2024-08-08

Creation date:

2019-02-24

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
scripting
contextMenus
storage
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

155.00KB

Email:

di*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-08

Ranking

# 1,126 ▲ 12

Other rankings

#1540 in Tools ▼ 6

#189 in response keyword 14 ▼ 9

#193 in start page keyword 43 ▼ 12

#207 in will keyword 49 ▼ 5

#249 in header keyword 42 ▲ 3

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User reviews

Users appreciate that the "Set Character Encoding" extension effectively changes encoding and restores lost functionality in Chrome, aiding viewing of legacy or diverse character sets. However, multiple reviews note significant issues with recent Chrome versions, including failure to work, errors, and problems with newline characters and image display. Some conflicts with other extensions and websites are also reported. Overall, the extension is valued for its core functionality but faces compatibility and stability challenges in current browser environments.

Pros

Effectively changes character encoding as intended.
Restores functionality that Chrome removed, useful for viewing legacy or non-UTF-8 encoded pages.
Simple and convenient to use for encoding changes.
Works well for various character encodings, including Korean (EUC-KR).
Has been useful and reliable over many years for some users.

Cons

Does not work with recent Chrome versions (125 and above) resulting in errors or failures.
Causes issues with newline characters (\n) being removed or displayed incorrectly, leading to formatting problems.
Breaks image display for localhost URLs, showing hexadecimal dumps instead of images.
Conflicts with some websites or other extensions, causing unexpected errors or corrupted page content.
Context menu errors and JavaScript errors reported, indicating bugs or compatibility problems.

Recent reviews

It changes the encoding well and works OK. However I had to disable this extension because Chrome does not show images JPG, PNG from localhost, such as http://localhost/image.jpg, and displays the hexadecimal dump of the image file instead. When I disable *Set Character Encoding*, images are presented correctly.

Pa*****, 2025-05-14

编码改了但是也把换行干掉了太混乱了

or*****, 2025-03-05

Not workingNot workingNot workingNot working

qx*****, 2025-03-02

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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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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Risk likelihood

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Set Character Encoding has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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