Change the encoding of a file in Visual Studio Code

Question

Is there any way to change the encoding of a file? For example UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1?

Setting Example Sublime Text:

Answer 1

The existing answers show a possible solution for single files or file types. However, you can define the charset standard in VS Code by following this path:

File > Preferences > Settings > Encoding > Choose your option

This will define a character set as default. Besides that, you can always change the encoding in the lower right corner of the editor (blue symbol line) for the current project.