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URL Encoder / Decoder
Percent-encode or decode text and URLs — safely handle spaces, query strings and special characters.
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About the URL Encoder / Decoder
Percent-encodes text so it can travel safely inside a URL — turning spaces, ampersands and other special characters into %-codes — or decodes an encoded string back to plain text. Everything runs in your browser.
What this tool checks
- Encodes text/URLs to percent-encoding
- Decodes %-encoded strings back to text
- Runs locally — nothing is sent to a server
Frequently asked questions
When do I need URL encoding?
Whenever you put text into a query string or path — spaces become %20, & becomes %26, and so on, so the URL isn't misread.
Encode the whole URL or just a value?
Encode individual values (a query parameter, a path segment), not the whole URL, or you'll break the :// and slashes.
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