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JSON Escape & Unescape

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Escape text into a valid JSON string literal or unescape an escaped JSON string.

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How to use

Escaping text

Escape turns raw text into a JSON safe literal. Unescape converts a literal back to readable text.

  1. Paste the text or literal.
  2. Choose Escape or Unescape.
  3. Copy the result.

Frequently asked questions

Which characters are escaped?

Quotes, backslashes, control characters and newlines are escaped according to the JSON specification.

Does it add surrounding quotes?

Yes, escaping produces a complete string literal including the surrounding quotes.

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