# Base64DecodeText

### **Description**‌

The Base64DecodeText function decodes a base64 encoded string to text. 

### **Syntax**

‌The syntax for the Base64DecodeText function is:

`Base64DecodeText(value, encoding)`

#### ‌**Parameters**

value - the base64 encoded value to decode.

encoding -  the encoding to use as a string (i.e. "UTF-8"). 

If you pass a value that does not match any valid encoding, UTF-8 will be used. The flow environment variable "encodings" contains valid values as shown in the below image:

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### **Returns**

‌The decoded text.

### **Applies To**‌

Flow 6‌.14.3