# UTF-16 for datasets?

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/utf-16-for-datasets/43828>\
**Category:** 🤗Datasets\
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/utf-16-for-datasets/43828 "2023-06-19T18:13:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/utf-16-for-datasets/43828/2 "2023-06-19T19:16:17Z")

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You can pass `encoding="utf-16"` to the `load_dataset` call.

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