Override Text Encoding

Manually set the charset (character encoding) for a webpage, to fix encoding errors and garbage characters on websites. A replacement for the former View -> Text Encoding menu.

Override Text Encoding is available to install from Firefox Browser Add-ons and for download from this page. It has 1,938 active users The latest version is 1.1, and it was published 5 months ago.

Install from Firefox Browser Add-ons
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You can find the current and older versions of Override Text Encoding here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

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 2 versions available for download.

Install XPI file

  1. Simply drag-and-drop the XPI into Firefox to install the add-on.

Install ZIP file

  2. In Firefox browser, go to about:addons to open Add-ons Manager
  3. Click on , then select Install Add-on From File
  4. Select the Override Text Encoding ZIP file from step 1. Override Text Encoding is now installed on your browser.