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Asked: 2026-05-28T06:41:51+00:00

this may be a silly question, but it trips me up every time. HttpUtility

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this may be a silly question, but it trips me up every time.

HttpUtility has the methods HtmlDecode and UrlDecode. Do these two methods decode anything (Html/Http related) I might find? When do I have to use them, and which one am I supposed to use?

Just now I hit an error. This is my error log:

Payment receiver was not payment@mysite.com. (it was payment%40mysite.com).

But, I wrapped the email address here in HttpUtility.HtmlDecode before using it. It turns out I have to use .UrlDecode instead, but this email address didn’t come from a URL so this wasn’t obvious to me.

Can someone clarify this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    See What is meant by htmlencode and urlencode?

    It’s the reverse of your case, but essentially you need to use UrlEncode/Decode anytime you are using an address of sorts (urls and yes, email addresses). HtmlEncode/Decode is for code that typically a browser would render (html/xml tags).

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