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URL Decoder

Read a percent-encoded link as plain text.

Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored.

Decoding

Escapes everything unsafe, including & = ? and /, so the result can sit inside one query parameter.

Result
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How to use the URL Decoder

  1. Paste the encoded text or the full link.
  2. Read the decoded version.
  3. If you pasted a link, its query parameters are listed separately.

Questions people ask

Why does my text still look encoded?

It may have been encoded twice — %2520 is an encoded %20. Decode it again and it will come out.

What does + mean in a link?

Inside a query string it usually means a space. Elsewhere it means a literal plus sign. The parameter list treats it as a space, which is what web forms do.

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