Encode special characters for URLs or decode percent-encoded URLs back to readable format.
| Character | URL Encoded | Character | URL Encoded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space | %20 | @ | %40 |
| ! | %21 | # | %23 |
| $ | %24 | % | %25 |
| & | %26 | ' | %27 |
| ( | %28 | ) | %29 |
| * | %2A | + | %2B |
| , | %2C | / | %2F |
| : | %3A | ; | %3B |
| = | %3D | ? | %3F |
| [ | %5B | ] | %5D |
URLs can only contain certain characters from the ASCII character set. URL encoding converts special characters into a format that can be transmitted over the internet using percent-encoding (% followed by two hexadecimal digits).
Common uses:
