Convert Kibibytes to Bytes
1 kibibyte is 1,024 B. One kibibyte is exactly 1024 bytes.
One kibibyte is 1024 bytes. To convert kibibytes to bytes, multiply by 1024; to go the other way, divide by 1024 or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from IEC 80000-13. Exactly 1,024 bytes — two to the tenth.
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Bytes
1,024 B
- Kibibytes × 1024
value * 10241,024 B
1 kibibyte in every data unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| bytes | 1,024 B | × 1,024 |
| kilobytes | 1.024 kB | × 1.024 |
| megabytes | 0.001024 MB | × 0.001024 |
| gigabytes | 0.000001024 GB | × 0.000001024 |
| terabytes | 0.000000001024 TB | × 0.000000001024 |
| kibibytes (as entered) | 1 KiB | — |
| mebibytes | 0.0009765625 MiB | × 0.0009765625 |
| gibibytes | 0.0000009536743164 GiB | × 0.000000953674316406 |
Factors are entered by hand from IEC 80000-13 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert kibibytes to bytes?
- 1.Take the measurement in kibibytes.
- 2.Multiply by 1024 — that is how many bytes fit in one kibibyte.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4.
Kibibytes to bytes conversion table
| Kibibytes | Bytes |
|---|---|
| 1 KiB | 1,024 B |
| 2 KiB | 2,048 B |
| 3 KiB | 3,072 B |
| 4 KiB | 4,096 B |
| 5 KiB | 5,120 B |
| 6 KiB | 6,144 B |
| 7 KiB | 7,168 B |
| 8 KiB | 8,192 B |
| 9 KiB | 9,216 B |
| 10 KiB | 10,240 B |
| 12 KiB | 12,288 B |
| 15 KiB | 15,360 B |
| 20 KiB | 20,480 B |
| 25 KiB | 25,600 B |
| 50 KiB | 51,200 B |
| 100 KiB | 102,400 B |
What are kibibytes and bytes?
- Kibibyte (KiB)
- Exactly 1,024 bytes — two to the tenth. The binary prefix, standardised by IEC in 1998 precisely to end the argument about what a kilobyte means.
- Byte (B)
- Eight bits. The smallest unit storage is actually sold and addressed in.
Source: IEC 80000-13 — binary prefixes for information quantities
Questions people actually ask
- How many bytes are in a kibibyte?
- 1024. Eight bits. The smallest unit storage is actually sold and addressed in.
- How do I convert bytes back to kibibytes?
- Divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4 — they are the same operation.
Other data conversions
Bytes to kibibytes — the same conversion the other way.