Decode a URL

Unwrap email security gateway rewrites, percent-encoded characters, HTML entities, and optionally resolve URL shorteners.

Makes a server-side HEAD request to follow redirects. The destination URL is never fetched or rendered — only the final redirect target is returned. SSRF-protected.
Decoding...
Result
Analyze Host
No transformations were needed — the input appears to already be a plain URL.
Decoding Pipeline
Redirect Chain
What this tool decodes

Email security gateway rewrites

Proofpoint URLDefense (v1/v2/v3), Microsoft SafeLinks, Barracuda Link Protect — wrappers added by email security gateways are detected and stripped automatically.

Percent-encoding

URL-encoded characters (%XX) are decoded iteratively, handling double and triple encoding until stable.

HTML entities

HTML character entities such as &, /, and others are converted to their literal equivalents.

URL shorteners & redirects

Optionally follow HTTP redirects server-side to reveal the final destination of bit.ly, t.co, and similar shorteners. No content is fetched.

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