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URL Encode Online

Encode text to a URL-safe format.

When to use this tool

Essential when building URLs with special characters, spaces, or non-ASCII text in query parameters. Used daily for preparing search queries, form submissions, and API request parameters that must conform to RFC 3986.

How to use

Type or paste the string you want to use in a URL. The tool replaces special characters with percent-encoded equivalents. Copy the result and append it to your URL as a query parameter or path segment.

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How this works


					

				
How this works

				

											
URL encoding replaces characters that are unsafe or ambiguous in URLs with percent-encoded byte values.

											
Spaces may be encoded as plus signs in form/query contexts or as %20 in stricter URI contexts, depending on the target system.

									

			

		
					

				
Examples

				

											

															
Search query

							
							

								

									
Input

									
Hello World!

								

								

									
Output

									
Hello+World%21

								

							


															
Safe to use as a query parameter value.

													

											

															
Email address

							
							

								

									
Input

									
jane@example.com

								

								

									
Output

									
jane%40example.com

								

							


															
The at sign is escaped so it does not change URL meaning.

													

									

			

		
					

				
Edge cases to know

				
    
											
  • Encoding an entire URL can also encode slashes and colons, so encode individual parameter values when possible.
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  • Double-encoding turns %20 into %2520, which usually breaks downstream decoding.
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  • Unicode characters are encoded as UTF-8 bytes before percent encoding.
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Privacy note

				
This free tool encodes text in your browser. Be careful with signed URLs, auth callbacks, and tokens because encoded text is still readable after decoding.