URL Decoder
Decode a percent-encoded URL back to readable text, with optional plus-to-space handling for query strings and safe behaviour on broken input.
How to use
- Paste the encoded string.
- Turn on plus-to-space when the value came from a query string.
- Copy the decoded text.
A URL decoder turns percent escapes such as percent twenty back into the characters they represent. Malformed escapes are left as they are, so decoding never loses data.
Output
Paste or type something above.
Questions about url decoder
- What happens to a broken escape?
- It is left untouched. Decoding never throws, because the usual case is inspecting a value that is already malformed.
- Should I turn on plus-to-space?
- Yes for query string values, since a plus there means a space. Turn it off for path segments, where it is a literal plus.
- Does it decode UTF-8 correctly?
- Yes. Multi-byte escapes such as an accented letter or an emoji come back as the original character.
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