How to set Notepad2 to UTF-8 instead of ANSI?

Question

Each time I create a new file in Notepad2 default is ANSI instead I'd like to have UTF-8. Is there a way to get this ?

Answer 1

File → Encoding → Default... → UTF-8

If the change doesn't stick when you restart Notepad2 change the default again and then try :

Settings -> Save Settings Now

This is using Notepad2 v4.2.25

Answer 2

File -> Settings -> Preferences -> New Document, check UTF-8.