---
title: URL_DECODE
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/functions/url-decode/
kind: formula-function
---

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# URL_DECODE

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Decodes text that has been encoded as a URL or by `URL_ENCODE`.

**Categories:** Text

## Syntax

```
URL_DECODE(text)
```

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
URL_DECODE(my_action.message)
```

Output:

```json
"'Stop!' said Fred"
```

## Sample actions

```json
{
  "standardLibVersion": "14",
  "actionRuntimeVersion": "3",
  "agents": [
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "My Action",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "message": "%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 2715,
        "y": 5730
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    },
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "URL_DECODE",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "url_decode": "=URL_DECODE(my_action.message)"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 2715,
        "y": 5820
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": 0,
      "receiverIdentifier": 1
    }
  ],
  "diagramNotes": []
}
```