URL Decoder

Turn %20, %3F and other encoded sequences back into the characters they represent.

Your text is decoded locally in your browser and never uploaded.

How to use URL Decoder

  1. Paste the encoded URL or text.
  2. The decoded output appears automatically.
  3. Copy the result.

About this tool

Encoded URLs are hard to read. This tool reverses percent-encoding so you can see exactly what a link points to, or recover the original value of a query parameter.

Frequently asked questions

What does %20 mean?
Each percent code represents one character — %20 is a space, %3F is a question mark, %26 is an ampersand, and so on.

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