URL Encoder
Encode & decode URLs
URL Encoder: Encode & decode URLs. A free, browser-based tool from DevToolbox that runs entirely on your own device: no upload, no account, no tracking.
About the URL Encoder
Percent-encode text for safe use in a URL, or decode an encoded URL back to something readable.
Conversion is a two-step trip: your input is decoded from the source format into a plain in-memory value, then re-encoded into the target format. Round-tripping a value through both directions returns what you started with, apart from formatting that the target format cannot express.
What you can do with it
- URL decoder
- Percent encoding
- Encode URL online
- URL escape
How to use it
- Paste your input into the input pane.
- Pick the direction you want: encode or decode, source format or target format.
- The converted result appears immediately in the output pane.
- Use Copy to take the result, or pipe it into another tool from the workspace.
Questions
- What is the difference between encoding a URL and a component?
- Encoding a whole URL leaves the structural characters (: / ? # & =) alone so the URL still works. Encoding a component escapes them too, which is what you want for a value going into a query parameter.
- Is my data uploaded anywhere?
- No. The tool is JavaScript that runs in the tab you already have open, and DevToolbox has no backend to send anything to. You can open the network tab and watch: after the page and its script load, nothing is sent while you work.
Related tools
The URL Encoder sits in Encoders & Converters, one of the 90 tools on DevToolbox.