How to turn text into a QR code
- Drop your TXT file on the box above, or paste its content into the text box.
- Check the settings below the box; the defaults suit most files.
- Press Convert. You see a preview or a summary of the result.
- Download the .png file.
What is kept when you turn text into a QR code
- The text is encoded byte for byte as UTF-8, so any language works; phones show exactly what you typed.
- Choose error correction L, M, Q or H — higher levels survive more damage but need a denser code.
- Download a sharp PNG at the size you choose, or an SVG that scales to any size for print.
About TXT and QR code files
A .txt file is plain text: characters and line breaks, with no fonts, sizes or layout. It is what Notepad, TextEdit, code editors and many export buttons produce. It opens in any text editor.
A QR code stores text in a square grid of modules with built-in error correction, so a phone camera can read it even when part of it is smudged or covered. It opens in any phone camera or QR scanner app.
Good to know
- If accented letters show up as é or ?, the text file was saved in an older Windows encoding; this tool reads UTF-8 and falls back to Windows-1252 automatically, so open the result and check one accented word.
- Print a QR code at least 2 cm wide and test it with two phones before printing many copies.
Privacy and limits
The file is read and converted by this page in your browser; there is no upload and no account. Files up to 25 MB are accepted; a file of the wrong type or a damaged file is rejected with the reason.