URL Encode/Decode (URL Encoder/Decoder)

URL encoding also known as Percent-encoding, is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

Online URL encode and URL decode tool

Encode & Decoder

Enter text to URLencode / URLdecode:

You can use our Best tool from above to both Online URL encode or decode a string of text. For global interoperability, URIs have to be encoded uniformly. simply To map the broad range of characters used globally into the 60 or so allowed characters in a URI, a main 2-step process is used:

1) First step To Convert the character string into a sequence of bytes by the UTF-8 encoding

2) Second step To Convert each byte that is no longer an ASCII letter or digit to %HH, where HH is the hexadecimal value of the byte.

Example, the string: Pakainfoçom Website,would be encoded as: Pakainfo%C3%A7om%20Website

What is the purpose of reserved characters?

Here is a best list of reserved characters, their purpose and encoding:

Character Purpose in URL Character encode
/ Used to separate domains & directories %2F
# Separates anchors %23
+ Indicates a space %2B
% Indicates an encoded character %25
@ Separate user & pass details from domain %40
: Separate protocol from address %3B
<space> Space, not recommended in URLs + or %20
? Separate query string %3F