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🔗 URL Decoder — Free Online Tool

Decode URLs instantly with our free online URL Decoder tool. Convert percent-encoded strings back to plain text — all processing happens in your browser.

🚀 What Is URL Decoding?

URL decoding (also called percent-decoding) reverses URL encoding by converting percent-encoded characters back to their original form. It replaces sequences like %20 back to spaces, %26 back to ampersands, etc.

For example:

  • %20 becomes Space
  • %26 becomes &
  • %3D becomes =

🛠️ URL Decoder Features

  • Instant URL decoding — converts encoded text to plain text
  • URL encoding — also supports encoding plain text to URL-safe format
  • 100% client-side — no data sent to any server
  • Supports all special characters — including Unicode
  • Copy to clipboard — one-click copy of decoded result

💡 When to Use URL Decoder

1. API Response Handling

APIs often return encoded data in query parameters or response bodies:

https://api.example.com/data?query=hello%20world

2. URL Inspection

Analyze encoded URLs to understand query parameters:

https://example.com?name=John%20Doe&city=New%20York

3. Debugging

Decode URLs to debug encoding issues in applications.

4. Data Extraction

Extract readable text from encoded web content.

📌 Common Use Cases

URL Decode

Input: Hello%20World%20%26%20Beyond%21 Output: Hello World & Beyond!

URL Encode

Input: Hello World & Beyond! Output: Hello%20World%20%26%20Beyond%21

🔣 Common Encoded Characters

These characters are commonly found in encoded URLs:

  • %20 = Space
  • %21 = !
  • %23 = #
  • %26 = &
  • %3D = =
  • %3F = ?
  • %25 = %

🌐 Related Tools

  • URL Encoder — encode plain text to URL-safe format
  • Base64 Decoder — decode base64 encoded strings
  • HTML Decoder — decode HTML entities
  • JSON Formatter — format and validate JSON

Start using the URL Decoder now — fast, free, and secure.