URL Encoder / Decoder

Safely encode URLs for query strings or decode them back to readable text.

Text to URL Encoded

INPUT TEXT / URL

ENCODED URL

URL Encoded to Text

INPUT URL ENCODED STRING

DECODED URL

Why use URL Encoding?

URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the US-ASCII character-set. Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted into a valid ASCII format. URL encoding replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits.

This tool performs all conversions locally in your browser (Client-side). No data is sent to any server.