URL Encode & Decode
Encode text for safe URL usage or decode percent-encoded URL strings. Handle special characters in web addresses correctly.
How to Use
- Enter text or encoded URL
- Click Encode or Decode
- View the result
- Copy and use in URLs
About This Tool
URL encoding (percent-encoding) converts special characters into a format that can safely be included in URLs. Characters like spaces, &, =, and non-ASCII characters must be encoded to avoid breaking URL structure.
When encoding, special characters are replaced with % followed by their hexadecimal value. For example, a space becomes %20, and & becomes %26. This ensures URLs work correctly in browsers and web requests.
Decoding converts these encoded sequences back to their original characters. This is useful for reading URL parameters or debugging web requests where the actual values are obscured by encoding.
Our tool supports both full URL encoding and component encoding. Full encoding preserves URL structure (://) while encoding parameters. Component encoding treats the entire input as a single value to be encoded.