# url_decode proc

Source: https://ref.dm-lang.org/proc/url_decode

### Format
> `url_decode(UrlText)`

### Args
> UrlText: text to be "unescaped"

### Returns
> unescaped text

Most non-alphanumeric characters are converted to another format in a URL. To send these characters literally, they must be "escaped".

The `url_decode()` instruction takes a text string containing such escaped symbols and turns them into their literal counterparts. Usually this is done for you automatically in `Topic()`. The more useful function is `url_encode()` which does the reverse.

### See also
- [Topic proc (client)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/client/proc/Topic.md)
- [url_encode proc](https://ref.dm-lang.org/proc/url_encode.md)