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URL Encoder/Decoder

Encode or decode URLs, components and special characters.

URL encoder / decoder

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Decoded

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About the URL Encoder/Decoder

The URL Encoder converts text into percent-encoded form so that special characters — spaces, ampersands, equals signs, question marks and the like — can travel safely inside a URL, and it decodes encoded strings back into readable text. You can encode an entire URL or just a single component, depending on which part of a link you are building.

Developers use it whenever they construct query strings, debug links that contain reserved characters, or need to read an encoded URL that someone has shared. Encoding the right portion of a link prevents broken navigation and mis-parsed parameters, which are among the more frustrating bugs to track down after the fact.

Both directions run in your browser with nothing uploaded, so the work is instant and private. With no install and no account to create, it is a dependable quick tool for anyone who regularly works with links, APIs or web forms and needs encoding they can trust.

Frequently asked questions

When should I URL encode a string?

Whenever you include special characters like spaces, &, =, or # in a URL query string or path.

What is percent encoding?

Percent encoding replaces unsafe characters with a % followed by their hexadecimal ASCII value — e.g. space becomes %20.