JSON string escape and unescape
Escape quotes, backslashes and line breaks for a JSON string, or decode JSON string escapes back to text. Copy the result without outer quotes.
Features
- Escape quotes, backslashes and control characters for JSON strings.
- Decode JSON string escapes into their original text.
- Copy or download string contents without surrounding quotation marks.
How to use this tool
- Paste plain text or the escaped contents of a JSON string.
- Keep JSON string selected and choose Encode or Decode.
- Run the conversion and copy the result into the appropriate string context.
Good to know
This tool is free without sign-up, with unlimited processing and exports within the displayed input limits.
- JSON mode handles a string’s contents, without outer quotes; it does not format a whole JSON document. The Syntax menu also supports HTML entities, which have a separate dedicated tool.
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