URLs can only contain a limited set of characters from the ASCII set.
Our free online tool helps you encode special characters in URLs to make them web-safe, or decode encoded URLs back to their original form.
Why use URL encoding?
🔗 Fix broken links containing special characters
🌐 Prepare strings for web APIs and HTTP requests
🔒 Encode sensitive data in URL parameters
🔍 Debug URL-related issues in web applications
Common uses:
Encoding spaces as %20
Handling special characters (?, &, =, #) in query strings
Preparing non-ASCII characters (like é or 日本語) for URLs