# PEP 686: Make UTF-8 mode default

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-686-make-utf-8-mode-default/14435>\
**Category:** PEPs\
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-686-make-utf-8-mode-default/14435 "2022-03-18T11:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![brettcannon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brettcannon/32/34895_2.png) [@brettcannon](https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-686-make-utf-8-mode-default/14435/62 "2022-04-27T20:52:56Z")

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Please follow-up at [PEP 686: Make UTF-8 mode default (Round 2)](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-686-make-utf-8-mode-default-round-2/14737) .

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