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# URL normalization examples

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The following table shows how different [URL normalization settings](https://0f4bf0fb.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/settings/) affect request URLs before they pass to other Cloudflare features and to the origin server:

| Incoming URL | Normalization type | Normalize incoming URLs | Normalize URLs to origin | URL at Cloudflare's network | URL passed to origin server |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `www.example.com/hello` | (any) | *Off* | *Off* | `www.example.com/hello` | `www.example.com/hello` |
| `www.example.com/hello` | (any) | *On* | *Off* | `www.example.com/hello` | `www.example.com/hello` |
| `www.example.com/hello` | (any) | *On* | *On* | `www.example.com/hello` | `www.example.com/hello` |
| `example.com/%68ello` | (any) | *Off* | *Off* | `example.com/%68ello` | `example.com/%68ello` |
| `example.com/%68ello` | (any) | *On* | *Off* | `example.com/hello` | `example.com/%68ello` |
| `example.com/%68ello` | (any) | *On* | *On* | `example.com/hello` | `example.com/hello` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986* | *Off* | *Off* | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986* | *On* | *Off* | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth` | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth` | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare* | *Off* | *Off* | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare* | *On* | *Off* | `example.com/hello/pa/th` | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/hello/pa/th` | `example.com/hello/pa/th` |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | *RFC-3986* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/hello/path` | `example.com/hello/path` |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | *Cloudflare* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/path` | `example.com/path` |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | *RFC-3986* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | *Cloudflare* | *On* | *On* | `example.com/path` | `example.com/path` |

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