Free online URL encoder and decoder. Encode special characters for safe URLs or decode percent-encoded URLs back to readable text. Essential web development tool.
Paste your URL or text into the input field.
Click Encode to make URL-safe, or Decode to convert percent-encoded text back.
Use Copy to save the result to clipboard.
Q: Why encode URLs?
A: URL encoding replaces unsafe characters like spaces and symbols with %XX codes to make URLs valid across all systems.
Q: What is percent-encoding?
A: Percent-encoding (URL encoding) replaces special characters with % followed by two hex digits.
Q: Does it handle Unicode?
A: Yes, this tool properly handles UTF-8 characters in URLs.