Free Online URL Encoding and Decoding Tool
convert special characters and non-ASCII characters into a format that can be safely transmitted within a URL or used as a parameter value in a query string.
About URL Encoder / Decoder
A URL encoder/decoder tool is a utility that helps encode special characters and non-ASCII characters in a URL or decode previously encoded URLs back to their original form.
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are used to specify addresses on the internet, and they have strict rules about which characters can be used directly in the URL and which need to be encoded.
URL Encoding:
URL encoding is the process of converting characters that are not allowed or have special meanings in a URL into a format that can be safely transmitted and understood by web browsers and servers.
For example, spaces are not allowed in URLs, so they need to be encoded as "%20". Similarly, special characters like "&" and "?" need to be encoded to "%26" and "%3F", respectively.
URL Decoding:
URL decoding, on the other hand, is the process of converting encoded characters in a URL back to their original form. This is done to extract meaningful information from the URL, as the original data may contain characters that were encoded for safe transmission.
How to Encode?
- Paste your normal URL in the textbox above.
- Click on Encode button below the textbox.
- Your URL will be encoded and you can copy the minified code from the result textbox.
- Click on Reset button or Reload the page to reset the form and encode again.
How to Decode?
- Paste your encoded URL in the textbox above.
- Click on Decode button below the textbox.
- Your URL will be converted back to its original form, and you can copy the decoded text from the result textbox.
- Click on Reset button or Reload the page to reset the form and decode again.