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URL Decoder
Decode percent-encoded URLs back into readable text.
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Quick Tool Overview
The URL Decoder turns percent escapes back into readable text and, for a full URL, breaks it into scheme, host, path and every query parameter with its decoded value. Double encoding is detected rather than leaving you wondering why escapes remain.
- What it does
- Decodes percent-encoded URLs and text
- You give it
- A tracked link, redirect or encoded string
- You get back
- Readable text plus a parameter breakdown
- Best for
- Inspecting tracking links and debugging redirects
About the URL Decoder
A tracked URL is barely readable: a hundred characters of percent escapes hiding a handful of parameters. Decoding turns it back into something a person can inspect, which is how you find out what a redirect is actually carrying.
This decodes the percent escapes and, more usefully, breaks a full URL down into its parts — scheme, host, path and every query parameter listed separately with its decoded value. Double encoding is detected and reported, since a %2520 in the input means the URL was encoded twice and decoding once will not be enough. Malformed escapes are flagged rather than throwing away the whole string.
Key features of the URL Decoder
Query parameter table
Every parameter listed with its decoded value, which is the fastest way to read a tracked URL.
Double encoding detected
A %2520 in the input is flagged and a second decoding pass is offered.
Plus signs handled by context
A space in a query string, a literal plus in a path — the rule that actually applies.
Malformed escapes survive
A stray % is left as itself and flagged rather than discarding the whole string.
Full UTF-8 decoding
Multi-byte escape sequences become the character they encode, not a pair of symbols.
How to use the URL Decoder
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Paste the encoded URL
A tracked link, a redirect target or any percent-encoded text.
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Read the decoded text
Percent escapes become the characters they represent, UTF-8 included.
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Check the parameter breakdown
A full URL is split into scheme, host, path and each query parameter with its value.
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Watch for double encoding
If the input was encoded twice, the tool says so and offers the second pass.
Frequently asked questions
Because it was encoded twice. A %2520 decodes to %20, which needs a second pass to become a space. The tool detects this and offers to decode again.
In a query string it means a space, under the older form-encoding convention. In a path it is a literal plus. The tool follows that rule based on where the character appears.
A % not followed by two hex digits is left as a literal percent sign and flagged, rather than throwing an error that discards the whole string.
Yes. Paste a full URL and every parameter is listed separately with its decoded value, which is the fastest way to see what a tracking link is actually carrying.
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