diff --git a/src/Essentials/src/Types/Shared/WebUtils.shared.cs b/src/Essentials/src/Types/Shared/WebUtils.shared.cs
index 7638d0379a3a..5fa28ece6daf 100644
--- a/src/Essentials/src/Types/Shared/WebUtils.shared.cs
+++ b/src/Essentials/src/Types/Shared/WebUtils.shared.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Maui
 	static class WebUtils
 	{
 #if !NETSTANDARD
+		static readonly char[] s_queryOrFragmentDelimiters = new[] { '?', '#' };
+
 		internal static string RemovePossibleQueryString(string? url)
 		{
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ internal static string RemovePossibleQueryString(string? url)
 				return string.Empty;
 			}
 
-			var indexOfQueryString = url.IndexOf('?', StringComparison.Ordinal);
+			var indexOfQueryString = url.IndexOfAny(s_queryOrFragmentDelimiters);
 			return (indexOfQueryString == -1)
 				? url
 				: url.Substring(0, indexOfQueryString);
diff --git a/src/Essentials/test/UnitTests/WebUtils_Tests.cs b/src/Essentials/test/UnitTests/WebUtils_Tests.cs
index 6a4ef2653ce9..c6241387ca13 100644
--- a/src/Essentials/test/UnitTests/WebUtils_Tests.cs
+++ b/src/Essentials/test/UnitTests/WebUtils_Tests.cs
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ public void ResolveRelativePath_EncodedDotDot_HandledCorrectly()
 		[InlineData("https://example.com", "https://example.com")]
 		[InlineData("https://example.com?foo=bar", "https://example.com")]
 		[InlineData("https://example.com/path?query=1&other=2", "https://example.com/path")]
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/index.html#code=abc", "https://example.com/index.html")]
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/path?query=1#frag", "https://example.com/path")]
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/path#frag?notquery", "https://example.com/path")]
+		[InlineData("https://0.0.0.1/index.html#code=1234asdf", "https://0.0.0.1/index.html")]
 		public void RemovePossibleQueryString_ReturnsExpected(string? input, string expected)
 		{
 			var result = Microsoft.Maui.WebUtils.RemovePossibleQueryString(input);