Understanding URL Encoding and Decoding

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

Why is it needed?

Characters allowed in a URL are either reserved or unreserved. Reserved characters (like ?, &, =) have special meanings. If you want to include these characters in a data part of the URL, they must be encoded.

How it works

Reserved characters are replaced with a % followed by their two-digit hexadecimal equivalent. For example, a space becomes %20.

Using our tool

Our URL Encoder/Decoder makes this process effortless. Simply paste your string and choose whether to encode or decode.