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URL Decoder

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Turn percent-encoded URLs back into readable text.

Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded

Features

  • Decodes single or repeatedly encoded values.
  • Breaks a full URL into its query parameters as a table.
  • Handles "+" as space for form-encoded bodies.
  • Reports malformed escape sequences instead of failing silently.

How to use the URL Decoder

  1. 1Paste the encoded URL or value.
  2. 2Read the decoded text, plus the parsed parameter table for full URLs.
  3. 3Decode again if the value was double-encoded.

Frequently asked questions

What is double encoding?

When an already-encoded value is encoded a second time, "%20" becomes "%2520". Run the decoder twice to recover the original.