URL Encoder
Encode a string for safe use in a query value or path segment. Uses component encoding (encodeURIComponent) locally in your browser.
Uses component encoding (encodeURIComponent). Spaces become %20.
Result
Paste a query value to encode.
How to encode a URL component
- Paste the query value or path segment (not always the full URL).
- Click Encode, or press Ctrl+Enter (Cmd+Enter on Mac).
- Spaces become %20 (not +).
- Copy the encoded string for use in a query or path.
FAQ
- No. This tool uses encodeURIComponent, which escapes reserved characters like &, =, ?, and #. That is the usual choice for query values.
- Spaces become %20. A plus sign (+) is not used — that form belongs to application/x-www-form-urlencoded, not component encoding.
- No. Encoding runs entirely in your browser. Your input never leaves the device.
- Encode individual query values or path segments with this tool. Encoding an entire URL with encodeURIComponent will also escape : and / — use encodeURI when you need to preserve those delimiters.
- Non-ASCII characters become UTF-8 percent sequences such as %C3%A9 for é. That matches what most JavaScript encodeURIComponent implementations produce.
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