{"id":169,"date":"2026-08-21T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/tools\/url-encode-decode\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:53:18","slug":"url-encode-decode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/tools\/en\/url-encode-decode\/","title":{"rendered":"URL Encoder \/ Decoder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"netgu-2732310238\" class=\"netgu-before-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3494115342\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n.wp-url-container { max-width:100%; background:#fff; padding:20px; border:1px solid #ddd; border-radius:10px; font-family:-apple-system, sans-serif; color:#333; }\n.wp-url-title { margin:0 0 15px 0; color:#2271b1; font-size:1.4rem; }\n.wp-url-grid { display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit, minmax(140px, 1fr)); gap:12px; margin-bottom:10px; }\n.wp-url-input-group label { display:block; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:4px; text-transform:uppercase; color:#666; }\n.wp-url-input-group input, .wp-url-input-group select { width:100%; padding:8px; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:4px; box-sizing:border-box; }\n.wp-url-checkbox-group { margin:15px 0; font-size:12px; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:8px; color:#666; }\n.wp-url-note { font-size:12px; color:#666; margin-top:12px; min-height:1em; }\n.wp-url-warn { color:#d63638; font-weight:bold; }\n.wp-url-results { margin-top:20px; border-top:2px solid #eee; padding-top:15px; }\n.wp-url-res-item { display:flex; justify-content:space-between; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:14px; gap:10px; }\n.wp-url-total { font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; color:#2271b1; margin:10px 0; padding:5px 0; border-top:1px solid #eee; border-bottom:1px solid #eee; }\n.wp-url-val { color:#2271b1; font-weight:bold; }\n.wp-url-out { width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; padding:10px; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:4px; font-family:monospace; font-size:13px; word-break:break-all; background:#f7f7f7; margin-top:6px; }\n.wp-url-btn { background:#2271b1; color:#fff; border:none; padding:9px 14px; border-radius:4px; cursor:pointer; font-size:13px; margin-top:10px; }\n<\/style><div class=\"wp-url-container\">\n  <h3 class=\"wp-url-title\">URL Encoder \/ Decoder<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"wp-url-input-group\"><label>Input<\/label><textarea id=\"url-in\" style=\"width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; height:90px; padding:10px; border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:5px; font-family:monospace; font-size:13px;\" oninput=\"urlProc('enc')\">Greetings from Munich (Street 1)<\/textarea><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-url-checkbox-group\"><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"url-whole\" onchange=\"urlProc('enc')\"><label for=\"url-whole\">Treat as whole URL (encodeURI instead of component)<\/label><\/div>\n  <div style=\"display:flex; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin:6px 0;\">\n    <button class=\"wp-url-btn\" onclick=\"urlProc('enc')\">Encode<\/button>\n    <button class=\"wp-url-btn\" style=\"background:#f0f0f1; color:#2271b1;\" onclick=\"urlProc('dec')\">Decode<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <label style=\"display:block; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase; color:#666; margin:8px 0 4px;\">Result<\/label>\n  <textarea id=\"url-out\" class=\"wp-url-out\" style=\"height:90px;\" readonly><\/textarea>\n  <button class=\"wp-url-btn\" onclick=\"copyUrl()\">Copy<\/button>\n  <div class=\"wp-url-note\">The default encodes individual values (query parameters) with encodeURIComponent. &#8220;Whole URL&#8221; uses encodeURI and leaves characters like : \/ ? 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The tool encodes and decodes both \u2013 live in the browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>encodeURIComponent:<\/strong> For individual values like query parameters. Also encodes <code>:<\/code>, <code>\/<\/code>, <code>?<\/code>, <code>&amp;<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>encodeURI:<\/strong> For whole URLs \u2013 leaves structural characters untouched.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Decoding:<\/strong> Makes percent-encoding readable again; invalid sequences are reported as an error.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/tools\/en\/base64-encoder-decoder\/\">Base64 Encoder \/ Decoder<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/tools\/en\/slugify-tool\/\">Slugify Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"netgu-728344168\" class=\"netgu-after-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"4559785002\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encode and decode text for URLs \u2013 percent-encoding (encodeURIComponent) or whole URL. 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