URL Encode/Decode
Encode or decode special characters in a URL string.
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About URL Encode/Decode
Encode or decode special characters in a URL string. It runs entirely in your browser — no content you enter is ever sent to our servers or stored anywhere.
Free to use with no daily limits and no account required.
💡 Common Use Cases
- Encode query parameters for API requests
- Fix special characters in URL strings
- Decode obfuscated or encoded URLs
- Prepare text for safe embedding in hyperlinks
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
When including special characters like spaces, &, ?, # or non-ASCII characters in URLs or API query strings.
URL encoding converts characters to % sequences (e.g. %20 for space). HTML encoding converts characters to entities (e.g. &) for use inside HTML markup.
Yes — select "URL Decode" from the Mode dropdown and paste your encoded URL to restore the original text.
In form encoding (application/x-www-form-urlencoded), spaces become +. In standard percent encoding (RFC 3986), spaces become %20. This tool uses standard percent encoding.