Do I need to include the surrounding quotes?

No, quotes are added automatically if missing, though pasting them in works too.

What if the unescaped result is JSON?

Enable Pretty-print if valid JSON to automatically format it.

What happens with invalid escape sequences?

You'll see a friendly error explaining the string couldn't be decoded.

JSON String Unescape

Reverse JSON string escaping back to readable text.

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Pretty-print if valid JSON

Escaped string

Unescaped output

Hello "world"
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About the JSON String Unescape

Take an escaped JSON string literal and convert it back into readable text, decoding quotes, newlines, and unicode sequences. Optionally pretty-print the result if it turns out to be valid JSON itself.

Examples

Escaped text

"Hello \"world\"\nBye"

Output

Hello "world"
Bye

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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-08-06 · Runs entirely in your browser