Digital storage converter

Convert between bytes and decimal or binary storage units.

Worked example

One GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes. One GiB is 1,073,741,824 bytes. A 500 GB drive contains about 465.66 GiB before formatting and any reserved space.

How to use the result

Decimal units such as MB and GB use powers of 1,000. Binary units such as MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. Check the unit label in your operating system or device specification before comparing two values.