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🔗 URL Encoder / Decoder
Free tool to URL-encode and decode links and text (percent-encoding), with Unicode support, running in your browser.
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About this tool
Links cannot contain some characters as they are, so they are converted to %XX sequences. This tool converts text in both directions.
Processing is local and no data is sent anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I see sequences like %D8?
They are the byte representation of non-Latin characters inside URLs.
When do I need encoding?
When putting text or non-English characters inside URL parameters or API calls.
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