Common characters and their percent-encoded equivalents. For why URL encoding exists, see What Is URL Encoding and Why Is It Used?.
| Character | Encoded As |
|---|---|
| Space | %20 |
| & | %26 |
| ? | %3F |
| # | %23 |
| / | %2F |
| : | %3A |
| @ | %40 |
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%20 is the standard percent-encoding for a space. The + symbol is a legacy convention specific to form submissions, not universal URL encoding.
No. Only reserved and unsafe characters need encoding. Letters, digits, and a few symbols (hyphen, underscore, period, and tilde) are safe to leave as-is.
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