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I have some shape file which is in UTM. I wanted them to convert to Decimal Degreesin QGIS.

Hope I can get some better response.. Thanks.

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Do you mean you want the reprojected coordinates in a DDD format instead of DMS? – lynxlynxlynx Oct 13 '12 at 16:00

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Just add the shapefiles to a project, check that they have the correct UTM CRS, then right-click on the layer -> Save as..., choose a destination and new filename, and WGS84 (EPSG:4326) as CRS for the output.

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I wanted to reproject it from UTM to decimal.. – razi Oct 12 '12 at 5:31
Thanks andre btw..! – razi Oct 12 '12 at 5:38
@Andre Joost: sorry added this accidently add your post, should be a comment – Kurt Oct 12 '12 at 5:38
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@razi: "I wanted to reproject it from UTM to decimal". can you please explain this. do you mean you want to stay in utms, but only the units should change to decimaldegrees?? thats not possible – Kurt Oct 12 '12 at 5:58
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right click on your layer in the left panel and select "save vector layer as" and choose wgs84(thats epsg:4326) under Selected crs:

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EPSG: 4326, not 4306 which is Bern 1938. – mkennedy Oct 12 '12 at 16:47
@mkennedy: thanks , of course you are right, I will update the post thank you very much – Kurt Oct 12 '12 at 19:54

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