URL Decoder—Convert garbled address
Sometimes, you try to grab a URL (website address) nested inside a link. Or you try to copy an URL from the source code of a page. But the address has been encoded with all kinds of strange characters, such as "%20". The characters are formed with a "%" symbol and a hexadecimal number. This technique is called percent encoding, and in some ways it is very useful for people who make web systems, but for users it can be a real pain.
Instead of looking up the table of special characters in an html reference and converting the URL manually, you can paste the URLs in the box below and press the "Decode" button. In fact, you can paste as many links as you like all at once. This will convert the garbled URLs into links you can read and use.
Troubleshooting: If for any reason an URL still looks strange, press "Decode" again: it may have been encoded twice.
Note: this page does not call external programs, such as a PHP script. Rather, it relies on internal functions of Javascript, which is integrated in your browser. Therefore, this decoder will work even if you are not online.
You can read more about this topic on the Wikipedia article about percent encoding. And here is a table of special characters.
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Andy
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