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URL Encoder/Decoder

Encode special characters and spaces so text is safe to use inside a URL (percent-encoding), or decode a URL-encoded string back into readable text. Computed instantly in your browser.


                
            

What URL encoding is for

URLs can only safely contain a limited set of characters. Spaces, &, ?, and other special characters get replaced with a % followed by their hex code (a space becomes %20) so they don't get misread as part of the URL's structure — common when building query strings by hand.

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