URL Encoder/Decoder
Encode special characters into percent-encoding for safe web transmission, or decode encoded URLs.
How to Use the URL Encoder/Decoder
Follow these simple steps to use this tool directly in your browser.
Input URL or Query
Paste your URL or query string into the input field.
Choose Action
Click Encode URL to escape characters, or Decode URL to return human-readable text.
Copy Result
Copy the sanitized or decoded URL with one click.
Key Features
RFC 3986 Standard
Converts reserved characters (spaces, ampersands, slashes) to proper percent triplets.
Clean Query Parsing
Ideal for debugging query parameter values in web apps.
URL encoding (also termed percent-encoding) converts non-ASCII and reserved ASCII characters (such as spaces, question marks, and ampersands) into standard hexadecimal byte representations to ensure safe HTTP transmission across the internet.
Frequently Asked Questions
In standard URI component encoding, space characters are represented as %20 to avoid ambiguity in URLs.
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