JSON Escape & Unescape Online — Safe String Literals
Escape plain text for JSON string values or restore escaped sequences to readable text. Switch between Escape and Unescape tabs — all processing stays in your browser.
Developer notes
• Escape wraps your text as a JSON string value (quotes, backslashes, newlines handled). • Paste raw text without surrounding quotes on the Escape tab. • Unescape expects JSON-escaped content without outer quotes. • Both directions use native browser JSON APIs for predictable results.
When teams pick this route
• Embed multiline log excerpts inside JSON fixtures. • Prepare user-generated text for API request bodies. • Decode escaped sequences copied from browser devtools. • Build test data with quotes, tabs or Unicode safely escaped.
Worked examples
Quotes and newline
Plain input
Escaped output
Tab and backslash
Plain input
Escaped output
Navigate related JSON tools
Need the reverse? Open the Unescape tab here or visit JSON unescape. Validate surrounding documents with the JSON validator, or compress payloads via our JSON minifier.
JSON escape FAQ
Safe string literals for JSON payloads
Do I paste quotes around my text?
No on Escape — paste the raw literal. On Unescape, paste escaped content without wrapping quotes.
Difference vs URL or HTML encoding?
JSON escape follows JSON string rules. Use the URL encoder or HTML entities tool for those contexts.
Unicode characters?
Non-ASCII characters are preserved — escaping focuses on JSON metacharacters.
Server uploads?
Never — conversions stay in your browser.
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