This online tool can be used to URL encode or URL decode strings.
You can URL encode in three modes (Minimal/Basic/Full) and also specify characters to exclude from encoding.
URL Encoding
- Enter your string here
- The following characters are encoded:
- non-ASCII space < > [ ] { } " ` ^ \ | % / : # ? = + & ; ! * ' ( ) @ $ , - . _ ~
* For some characters, you can click/tap to exclude them from encoding.
- URL encoded output goes here
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URL Decoding
- Enter encoded string here
- URL decoded output goes here
How to use this tool
- The tool uses the UTF-8 encoding scheme.
- This online tool allows you to URL encode in three modes: "Minimal Encoding", "Basic Encoding", "Full Encoding".
- "Minimal Encoding" is used when you want to encode the entire URL. In this mode, characters that have special meaning in a URL are not encoded.
- "Basic Encoding" is used when you want to encode part of a URL (for example, the value of a parameter). Selecting this mode adds 16 characters to the character list. If the character list contains a character that you do not want to encode, you can click/tap on it to exclude it from encoding.
- The four characters added in "Full Encoding" mode do not usually need to be encoded, but if there is a special reason, you can encode these characters as well. If the character list contains a character that you do not want to encode, you can click/tap on it to exclude it from encoding.
- Newline characters are replaced with spaces and then encoded.
- You can also encode emojis, so give it a try. 👍
- A URL encoded string can be restored to its original state by URL decoding it.
- To use this tool, you must enable JavaScript in your browser.
Correspondence table
ASCII characters and their corresponding URL encoded value.
| Character | Name | Encoded |
|---|---|---|
| Minimal Encoding | ||
| space | %20 | |
| < | less-than sign | %3C |
| > | greater-than sign | %3E |
| [ | left square bracket | %5B |
| ] | right square bracket | %5D |
| { | left curly bracket | %7B |
| } | right curly bracket | %7D |
| " | quotation mark (double quotation mark) | %22 |
| ` | grave accent (backquote) | %60 |
| ^ | circumflex accent (hat) | %5E |
| \ | reverse solidus (backslash) | %5C |
| | | vertical line (pipe) | %7C |
| % | percent sign | %25 |
| Basic Encoding | ||
| / | solidus (slash) | %2F |
| : | colon | %3A |
| # | number sign (hash mark) | %23 |
| ? | question mark | %3F |
| = | equals sign (equal sign) | %3D |
| + | plus sign | %2B |
| & | ampersand | %26 |
| ; | semicolon | %3B |
| ! | exclamation mark | %21 |
| * | asterisk | %2A |
| ' | apostrophe (single quote) | %27 |
| ( | left parenthesis | %28 |
| ) | right parenthesis | %29 |
| @ | commercial at (at sign) | %40 |
| $ | dollar sign | %24 |
| , | comma | %2C |
| Full Encoding | ||
| - | hyphen-minus (hyphen, minus) | %2D |
| . | full stop (dot, period) | %2E |
| _ | low line (underscore, underline) | %5F |
| ~ | tilde | %7E |
Reference list
The following sites are helpful for URL encoding. (URL encoding is also known as Percent encoding.)