How to change file encoding in NetBeans?

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I want to change encoding of file in NetBeans IDE (ver 6.9.1), let's say from ANSII to UTF-8. How can I do that?

EDIT: I will be more precise. I don't want to change the default encoding in NetBeans. I want to only change encoding of the currently edited file.

Aegyptus answered 9/11, 2010 at 11:34 Comment(1)

Stack over flow Answer By LordofFatality – Psychoneurotic 18/4, 2017 at 9:22

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In NetBeans model all project files should have the same encoding. The answer is that you can't do that in Netbeans.

If you are working in Netbeans you should consider to convert all files to a single encoding using other tools.

Uncanny answered 9/11, 2010 at 13:1 Comment(4)

Thanks. If someone know such a tool, please post it here: superuser.com/questions/208948/… – Aegyptus 9/11, 2010 at 14:23

@JohmM2, You can use jEdit to change the file-encoding if you didn't find something else better. You can convert files one by one on demand. I don't know automatic tool currently, especially if you have files of different encoding. You could possibly use iconv command line tool but I not sure that it will do work the best and that its the best tool. – Uncanny 11/11, 2010 at 16:38

For future generations - for changing encoding Notepad++ can be used. Open file, see it's encoding. convert to desired one and save. – Freethinker 18/11, 2016 at 22:38

Is there a way to change or convert an entire folder and subfolders of files? – Whipping 30/4, 2019 at 18:50

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Go to etc folder in Netbeans home --> open netbeans.conf file and add on netbeans_default_options following line:

-J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

Restart Netbeans and it should be in UTF-8

To check go to help --> about and check System: Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86; UTF-8; nl_NL (nb)

Macedoine answered 31/1, 2012 at 19:50 Comment(13)

How to find the file in mac? – Teston 13/2, 2013 at 12:45

+1 Worked for me on Mac 10.8.. the file is located here: /Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 7.2.1.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/etc/netbeans.conf – Testes 13/6, 2013 at 13:41

my netbeans 7.4 under windows 8.1 does not use this setting apparently. Still Cp1252 showed. – Butt 10/12, 2013 at 19:6

Confirmed working on NetBeans IDE 8.0 on W7 and XP both. – Nakashima 11/4, 2014 at 22:12

NetBeans 8.0.1 on Windows 8.1 64 bit confirmed working (just have to save the conf file to the desktop and drop back into the original folder due to Windows control-freakishness). – Watusi 16/10, 2014 at 14:51

Working in Netbeans 8.0.2 on Windows 7 – Gaily 26/1, 2015 at 17:3

Works in Netbean 8.0.2 on Windows 8.1! – Xylia 19/3, 2015 at 9:32

Still Ok with Netbeans 8.1/Windows7. If not done, Netbeans corrupt all accents at opening if project preference encoding is set to UTF-8. – Fronde 5/9, 2016 at 9:49

Seems not to work for everything: netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179585 ... was set in that netbeans.conf, but does not work for JSPs ... – Cob 13/9, 2016 at 15:24

where is etc folder? – Amphitrite 19/7, 2017 at 20:34

On Windows 10 the file can be found at C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.1\etc\netbeans.conf – Beanpole 14/2, 2018 at 16:43

worked on windows 7 + netbeans 8.2. created new .php file --> edited --> saved --> it's still utf-8! (finally!) – Reproduce 11/10, 2020 at 16:7

Windows 11, Netbeans 13, find at C:\Program Files\NetBeans-13\netbeans\etc\netbeans.conf – Petasus 4/6, 2022 at 23:11

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In NetBeans model all project files should have the same encoding. The answer is that you can't do that in Netbeans.

If you are working in Netbeans you should consider to convert all files to a single encoding using other tools.

Uncanny answered 9/11, 2010 at 13:1 Comment(4)

Thanks. If someone know such a tool, please post it here: superuser.com/questions/208948/… – Aegyptus 9/11, 2010 at 14:23

@JohmM2, You can use jEdit to change the file-encoding if you didn't find something else better. You can convert files one by one on demand. I don't know automatic tool currently, especially if you have files of different encoding. You could possibly use iconv command line tool but I not sure that it will do work the best and that its the best tool. – Uncanny 11/11, 2010 at 16:38

For future generations - for changing encoding Notepad++ can be used. Open file, see it's encoding. convert to desired one and save. – Freethinker 18/11, 2016 at 22:38

Is there a way to change or convert an entire folder and subfolders of files? – Whipping 30/4, 2019 at 18:50

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The NetBeans documentation merely states a hierarchy for FileEncodingQuery (FEQ), suggesting that you can set encoding on a per-file basis:

NetBeans wiki article "DevFaqI18nFileEncodingQueryObject": Project Encoding vs. File Encoding - What are the precedence rules used in NetBeans 6.x?

Just for reference, this is the wiki-page regarding project-wide settings:

NetBeans wiki article "FaqI18nProjectEncoding": How do I set or modify the character encoding for a project?

Strangles answered 14/2, 2011 at 11:9 Comment(0)

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There is an old Bugreport concerning this issue.

Niece answered 21/7, 2011 at 8:53 Comment(1)

I know I am necro commenting, but this high-vote post above saved me... What's unbelievable is that I spent years manually configuring encoding for every sub-option in Eclipse when it's 1 line for NB?! – Watusi 16/10, 2014 at 14:52

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On project explorer, right click on the project, Properties -> General -> Encoding. This will allow you to choose the encoding per project.

Cathryncathy answered 17/5, 2016 at 21:35 Comment(1)

I don't know about former versions of NetBeans, but currently (NetBeans IDE 8.1) this is the right solution for me. Only a little difference in the route: Properties -> Sources -> Encoding. This is because I have several projects in different languages and I could set for my projects in Spanish the encoding to ISO-8859-2 and left the rest in UTF-8 which is the recommended encoding for web projects. Thanks a lot jcarballo! – Pigeontoed 2/8, 2016 at 17:43

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Yes, you can change the encoding of a specific file (or see what it has) with this Encoding Support plugin. With this plugin you will be able to handle the different encodings of your files without problems.

Now it is in version 1.4.0 for NetBeans 8.2 and I use it in Windows 10 several time ago.

The operation is very simple, in the status line you can see the encoding of the open file, and from there you can define its new encoding.

Welloff answered 17/2, 2018 at 21:7 Comment(0)

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This link answer your question: http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqI18nProjectEncoding

You can change the sources encoding or runtime encoding.

Vd answered 1/5, 2013 at 23:25 Comment(0)

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Just try to set the Projects Encoding to "UTF-8" and copy the file (which is encoded in iso) in the same Project (and if you dont need the old file just delete it) - now the copied file will be as UTF-8 - maybe this will help you :)

Pukka answered 21/10, 2018 at 13:23 Comment(0)

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