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URL Encoder & Decoder

URL Encoding (Percent-encoding) is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). Characters that are not allowed in a URL (like spaces, emojis, or reserved characters like '?') must be translated into a safe format. For example, a space becomes '%20'. This tool ensures your strings are safe to pass as query parameters in web requests, preventing broken links and API errors.

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Encoded Output

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URL Encoding/Decoding Encode

URL encode/decode for web parameters

Who Uses This Tool

  • • Frontend Developers debugging query parameters
  • • API Engineers testing GET requests with special characters
  • • Digital Marketers fixing tracking links (UTM params)
  • • QA Testers verifying input sanitization
  • • SEO Specialists cleaning up permalinks

Key Features

  • ✓ Converts unsafe characters to percent-encoded format
  • ✓ Decodes encoded URLs back to readable text
  • ✓ Compliant with RFC 3986 standards
  • ✓ Handles complex symbols and emojis
  • ✓ Instant live conversion
  • ✓ No server logging for privacy

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do spaces become %20?

URLs cannot contain spaces. The ASCII code for a space is 32 (in decimal) or 20 (in hexadecimal). The '%' acts as an escape character, so '%20' literally means 'Hex ASCII character 20'.

What is the difference between + and %20?

Historically, '+' was used to encode spaces in query strings of URLs (like in form submissions), while '%20' is used in the path component. This tool allows standard percent-encoding which covers all bases.

Does this handle UTF-8 symbols?

Yes. If you encode an emoji or international character (like 'ñ'), it will be converted to its UTF-8 byte sequence in hex, percent-encoded (e.g., 'ñ' becomes '%C3%B1').

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