URL Encoder

Online URL Encoder is a free web utility tool to encode URLs. With the help of this tool, users can encode URLs(Universal Resource Locators) to ensure that they are transmitted properly over the internet.
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What is URL Encoding technique?

URL Encoding technique is the process of encoding by replacing Non-ASCII characters with % followed by hexadecimal digits to transmit over the internet. Since URLs cannot contain spaces, it simply replaces white spaces with plus(+) sign or %20.

White creating a URL, the developer should not include Reserved Characters, Unsafe Characters, and Non-ASCII Characters directly without encoding as mentioned below.

  1. Reserved Characters: ?, :, /, #, and & conveys special meaning in URL formation hence the user cannot place them directly without encoding or escaping it.
  2. Unsafe Characters: Space, {, }, <, > are common unsafe characters that must be encoded before using them inside URLs.
  3. Non-ASCII Characters: Lastly, You must not include Non-ASCII characters directly into the URL without encoding them.
Our free Online URL Encoder using UTF-8 encoding scheme for encoding urls since it is recommended by Word Wide Web Consortium.
How to use URL Encoder?
Online URL Encoder is easy to use and will encode URLs realtime in 5 basic steps.
  1. Copy the text that you wish to encode.
  2. Once copied, open https://www.utilityforweb.com/url-encode/
  3. Paste the content you copied into the first text area on the screen.
  4. Click "Encode URL" button to start the process.
  5. Check the affair and click on Copy to clipboard to copy.
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