When to encode or decode a URL
URL encoding converts special characters (like spaces, & or ?) into a percent-encoded format that’s safe to use inside URLs and query parameters. Decoding reverses the process and returns the original readable text.
Encode text into a safe URL format (percent-encoding), or decode an encoded URL back to readable text.
URL encoding converts special characters (like spaces, & or ?) into a percent-encoded format that’s safe to use inside URLs and query parameters. Decoding reverses the process and returns the original readable text.
URL encoding converts special characters (like spaces, & or ?) into a percent-encoded format that’s safe to use inside URLs and query parameters.
Decoding fails when the input isn’t a valid percent-encoded string (for example, a % not followed by two hexadecimal digits).
Yes — encoding/decoding happens entirely in your browser and is never sent to a server.