# Encode/Decode Base64 string in C#

> Encode: Decode: Copy and paste from Stackoverflow

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- Author: Arshad Mehmood

### Encode:
```
public static string Base64Encode(string plainText) {
  var plainTextBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);
  return System.Convert.ToBase64String(plainTextBytes);
}
```

### Decode:
```
public static string Base64Decode(string base64EncodedData) {
  var base64EncodedBytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(base64EncodedData);
  return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(base64EncodedBytes);
}
```

Copy and paste from [Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11743160/how-do-i-encode-and-decode-a-base64-string)