URL Encoder & Decoder
Safely encode special characters for URLs or decode percent-encoded strings back to their original form. A must-have tool for debugging API calls and web links.
Technical FAQs
URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the ASCII character-set. Since URLs often contain characters outside that set (like spaces, emojis, or non-Latin symbols), they must be converted into a valid ASCII format using “Percent-encoding.”
It is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). It replaces “unsafe” characters with a % followed by their two-digit hexadecimal equivalent. For example, a space becomes %20.
Yes. All encoding and decoding happen locally in your browser. No data is sent to our servers, ensuring that your links and parameters remain completely private.