---
title: "Breaking: #72334 - Removed utf8 conversion in EXT:recycler"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-72334"
source: "Changelog/8.0/Breaking-72334-RemovedUtf8ConversionInEXTrecycler.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #72334 - Removed utf8 conversion in EXT:recycler

See [forge#72334](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/72334)

## Description

The recycler module previously handled conversions of labels to and from UTF-8 in order to send proper UTF-8
encoded data via JavaScript. The TYPO3 backend is running with UTF-8 since TYPO3 4.5.

The logic and the according functions have been removed as they are not needed anymore.

## Impact

The following methods have been removed:

```php
RecyclerUtility::getUtf8String()
RecyclerUtility::isNotUtf8Charset()
RecyclerUtility::getCurrentCharset()
```

## Affected Installations

Any TYPO3 instance directly accessing any of the mentioned `RecyclerUtility`
methods above via a custom extension.

## Migration

Remove the usages to these methods, and use the strings directly.