JSON Escape / Unescape

Encode raw text as a JSON string literal or decode one back to text.

Escape or unescape a JSON string

Encode raw text as one complete JSON string literal, or decode a literal back to its exact text.

Escaped JSON string

The transformed result will appear here.

How to escape or unescape text

Choose Escape for raw text or Unescape for a JSON string literal.
Enter the complete source value in the labeled field.
Run the matching action, then copy the exact result.

Escape example

Two raw lines containing a quoted name:

Hello
"JustRandom"

Become "Hello\n\"JustRandom\"", including the surrounding quotation marks.

JSON string semantics

Escape mode uses JSON string serialization. Unescape mode parses JSON and accepts only a string root, rejecting objects, arrays, numbers, booleans, null, and invalid escape sequences. Unicode remains ordinary readable text unless JSON syntax requires an escape.

Privacy and limitations

Your input and results are processed in this browser and are not uploaded by this tool or saved between sessions. Escaping is a syntax transformation, not validation for a surrounding document and not a security control.