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Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being percent-encoded and completely unreadable. For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, https://ja.wikipedi...
#4: Post edited
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Alexei
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2021-05-27T16:24:54Z (over 3 years ago)
added relevant tag
Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable.- For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity:
- [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8)
- This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar.
- Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening? I'm mostly interested in Edge and Firefox but solutions for other browsers would be appreciated.
- []()Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable.
- For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity:
- [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8)
- This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar.
- Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening? I'm mostly interested in Edge and Firefox but solutions for other browsers would be appreciated.
#3: Post edited
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Moshi
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2021-05-24T20:23:48Z (over 3 years ago)
- Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable.
- For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity:
- [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8)
- This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar.
Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening?
- Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable.
- For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity:
- [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8)
- This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar.
- Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening? I'm mostly interested in Edge and Firefox but solutions for other browsers would be appreciated.
#2: Post edited
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Canina
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2021-05-24T20:22:36Z (over 3 years ago)
more specific tag 'web-browsers' instead of 'browsers'
How do I copy an unencoded URL from my browser?
Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable. For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity: [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8) This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar. Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening?
#1: Initial revision
by
Moshi
·
2021-05-23T22:38:43Z (over 3 years ago)
How do I copy an unencoded URL from my browser?
Whenever I copy and paste URLs from my browser, they end up being [percent-encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding) and completely unreadable. For example, the homepage URL of the Japanese version of Wikipedia, [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8), becomes this monstrosity: [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8) This happens even though the clean version of the URL displays in the browser's address bar. Is there a quick and easy way to stop this from happening?