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DECODEURL

Category: EGTools-only function

Decodes a percent-encoded (URL) string back to text.

Syntax

=DECODEURL(text)

Arguments

Argument Required Description
text Required the URL-encoded text

Returns

Returns the text decoded from UTF-8 percent-encoding. An array input is processed element-wise and spills as an array of the same size.

Examples

Formula Result Description
=DECODEURL("a%20b%26c") a b&c Decode percent-encoding
=DECODEURL("%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80") 한글 Decode UTF-8 Korean text

Notes

  • Invalid % sequences are passed through unchanged.
  • A + sign is not converted to a space (no form encoding).
  • Inverse of ENCODEURL.
  • Supported: Excel 2010+. Always registered as DECODEURL on every Excel version.