URL Encoder/Decoder

Encode special characters in URLs for safe transmission or decode URL-encoded text back to readable format

Text to URL Encoded
Encode special characters for safe URL transmission
Encoder
0 chars
URL Encoded to Text
Decode URL-encoded text back to readable format
Decoder
0 chars
URL Encoding Reference

What is URL Encoding?

URL encoding (also called percent encoding) converts characters into a format that can be safely transmitted over the internet. Special characters are replaced with % followed by their hexadecimal ASCII value.

Key Points:
  • • Required for special characters in URLs
  • • Uses % followed by 2 hexadecimal digits
  • • Essential for query parameters with spaces/symbols
  • • Different from HTML entities or Base64 encoding

Common Character Encodings

␣Space
%20
!Exclamation mark
%21
"Double quote
%22
#Hash/Fragment
%23
$Dollar sign
%24
%Percent sign
%25
&Ampersand
%26
+Plus sign
%2B
=Equals sign
%3D
?Question mark
%3F
@At symbol
%40
[Left bracket
%5B
]Right bracket
%5D