A hex viewer / editor plugin for Notepad++?

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I have had a look through the plugins as well as searched the forum for Notepad++ and have not seen a solution to editing data as hex in Notepad++.

I am after the same kind of functionality that UltraEdit offers (see the screenshot below) where you can edit the document either directly or via entering new hex characters.

Screenshot from UltraEdit's hex editor

How is such an up-voted question with several up-voted answers marked as off-topic? Does this send a message to admin?? — Michael, Mar 08 '17 at 17:19
@Michael I don't think anyone thinks this is a bad question. People may just think it would fit better on another site, like Super User or Software Recommendations. — Stevoisiak, May 05 '17 at 14:10
Sometimes I wish all the sites just folded into StackOverflow as it is sometimes really hard to pick one that fits best. And if you do then that site generally gets less attention than SO itself. — TheEdge, May 06 '17 at 06:08
Read [this](https://github.com/chcg/NPP_HexEdit/releases) and [this](https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/14264/i-made-hexeditor-x64-working-what-next) — Aleksey Potapov, Dec 18 '19 at 11:54
@AlekseyPotapov Why not get it included so that it is available via the Plugins Admin — TheEdge, Dec 18 '19 at 21:25
Had a big struggle, it was due to wrapping of content inside the variable with a single quote. Using an eval we were able to solve this issue https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9733338/shell-script-remove-first-and-last-quote-from-a-variable , though it is not clear to me why it is getting wrapped inside single quotes — sakeesh, May 27 '20 at 14:01

score 56 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 23 '18 at 13:53

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There is an old plugin called HEX Editor here.

According to this question on Super User it does not work on newer versions of Notepad++ and might have some stability issues, but it still could be useful depending on your needs.

edited Jul 23 '18 at 13:53

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 31 '13 at 09:17

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Roger that. It does not work in Notepad++ v6.5. If anyone has an answer to this question for recent versions of Notepad++, that would be great. – J0e3gan Oct 21 '13 at 18:34
Moving HexEditor.dll back from Notepad++\plugins\disabled to Notepad++\disabled works for me in Notepad++ v6.5 UNICODE (Build time: 28 Sep 2013 - 22:29:19). I'm using Windows 7 64-bit. – Freek de Bruijn Nov 05 '13 at 08:09
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@FreekdeBruijn I think you mean "to Notepad++\plugins" Works for me too. – Aleksandr Dubinsky Nov 18 '13 at 12:14
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@Aleksandr Dubinsky Yes, you're right, thanks! So it's: moving HexEditor.dll back from Notepad++\plugins\disabled to Notepad++\plugins works for me in Notepad++ v6.5 UNICODE (Build time: 28 Sep 2013 - 22:29:19). I'm using Windows 7 64-bit. – Freek de Bruijn Jan 18 '14 at 14:06
I just installed it and it seems to work fine on 6.6.9. – Leo Dec 22 '14 at 19:27
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nablex's answer is a good workaround as well – qdev76 Jul 30 '15 at 15:56
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Seems to work in 6.8.8 as well. – RonaldB Feb 23 '16 at 21:36
Plugin HEX-editor with a good stability works in Notepad++ 7.5.4 – Harald Coppoolse Mar 27 '18 at 12:08

score 47 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '13 at 11:52

Is a completely different (but still free) application an option? I use HxD, and it serves me better than the Notepad++ plugin. It can calculate hashes, open memory of a process, it is fast at opening files of any size, and it works exceptionally well with the clipboard.

I used to use the Notepad++ plugin, but not anymore.

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 23 '18 at 13:54

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According to some comments on Super User it still works :) It just should be copied back to the plugins folder (if it's in the disabled folder) or downloaded from Plugins Central. I have downloaded it a few minutes ago and succeeded in using it.

Of course, be warned: this plugin COULD be unstable in some situations - that's why it was disabled.

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None of the Hex editor plugins from Plugins Central currently load correctly or work :( – J-Dizzle Oct 15 '16 at 18:22

score 12 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 23 '18 at 19:25

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The hex editor plugin mentioned by ellak still works, but it seems that you need the TextFX Characters plugin as well.

I initially installed only the hex plugin and Notepad++ would no longer pop up; instead it started eating memory (killed it at 1.2 GB). I removed it again and for other reasons installed the TextFX plugin (based on Find multiple lines in Notepad++)

Out of curiosity I installed the hex plugin again and now it works.

Note that this is on a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit.

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FWIW I also had success with this recipe. – Leo Sep 14 '14 at 04:28

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