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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

UnitValueExact factor
bytes1,024 B× 1,024
kilobytes1.024 kB× 1.024
megabytes0.001024 MB× 0.001024
gigabytes0.000001024 GB× 0.000001024
terabytes0.000000001024 TB× 0.000000001024
kibibytes (as entered)1 KiB
mebibytes0.0009765625 MiB× 0.0009765625
gibibytes0.0000009536743164 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. 1.Take the measurement in kibibytes.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1024 — that is how many bytes fit in one kibibyte.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1024, or multiply by 9.7656 × 10^-4.

Kibibytes to bytes conversion table

KibibytesBytes
1 KiB1,024 B
2 KiB2,048 B
3 KiB3,072 B
4 KiB4,096 B
5 KiB5,120 B
6 KiB6,144 B
7 KiB7,168 B
8 KiB8,192 B
9 KiB9,216 B
10 KiB10,240 B
12 KiB12,288 B
15 KiB15,360 B
20 KiB20,480 B
25 KiB25,600 B
50 KiB51,200 B
100 KiB102,400 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.