URL Encoder & Decoder
Use this browser tool to percent-encode URLs and URL components, or decode encoded values back into readable text. Characters such as spaces, slashes (/), ampersands (&), and equals signs (=) can become values like %20, %2F, %26, and %3D.
/, :, &, = etc.)Use Encode Mode without this checked for full URLs (preserves structure).What is percent-encoding?
Percent-encoding (URL encoding) converts characters that are unsafe or special in URLs into a% followed by two hexadecimal digits — for example a space becomes %20 and a slash becomes %2F. Decoding reverses those values back into readable text.
When to Use
- •Passing parameters in URLs
- •Handling user input for URLs
- •Working with APIs
- •Links with special characters
Common Encoded Characters
Space: %20&: %26=: %3D?: %3F#: %23/: %2FFAQ
What does %2F mean in a URL?
%2F is the percent-encoded form of a forward slash (/). Decoding turns values like %2F, %20, and %26 back into /, space, and &.
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