URL Encode/Decode

The URL Encoder/Decoder applies percent-encoding to make text safe for use inside web addresses, and reverses it to reveal the original characters. Because URLs may only contain a limited set of ASCII characters, anything else -- spaces, ampersands, slashes, question marks, accented letters, or emoji -- must be replaced with a percent sign followed by its hexadecimal byte value, such as %20 for a space.

The tool offers both encoding modes used on the web. Full-URI encoding preserves the structural characters that separate parts of an address (like : / ? # and &), which is right when you already have a complete URL. Component encoding escapes those reserved characters too, which is what you need when a single value, such as a search term or redirect target, is going into one query parameter. Decoding turns any percent-encoded string back into readable text.