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URL Decode

Decode percent-encoded URLs and query strings back to readable text, including non-Latin characters.

Input

Output

Reading an encoded URL back

Paste any percent-encoded URL or query string and it is turned back into readable text, including Korean, Japanese, Chinese and emoji.

If the value came from a form submission, enable the + as space option — otherwise plus signs stay literal and words run together.

Frequently asked questions

Why do I get a "malformed sequence" error?

The input contains a % that is not followed by two hexadecimal digits, usually because the string was truncated or a literal % was never escaped as %25.

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