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JSON String Escape and Unescape

Encode text into a safe quoted JSON string or decode a JSON string back to plain text.

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Where this tool helps

Useful when building request payloads, safely quoting messages and debugging escape sequences.

Privacy and limitations

Decode accepts one valid JSON string literal only; an arbitrary JSON object is not a string.

How to use JSON String Escape and Unescape

Paste plain text or a JSON-quoted string.
Select Escape or Decode mode.
Run and copy or download the result.

What to know before you start

Decode accepts one valid JSON string literal only; an arbitrary JSON object is not a string.