About This Tool

What does this tool do?

An RFC 4180 compliant CSV string sanitizer. Handles automatic escaping of quotation marks (`""`), delimiters (commas, semicolons, tabs, pipes), and newline characters within spreadsheet cell data, or unescapes raw CSV data back into clean plaintext strings.

When should you use it?

Use this tool when preparing data for CSV exports in backend APIs, sanitizing user input before generating Excel spreadsheets, or debugging corrupted CSV imports caused by unescaped commas or quotes.

Key Capabilities & Features

RFC 4180 standard CSV delimiter escaping, quote wrapping, and unescaping
Configurable delimiters including comma, semicolon, tab, and pipe separators
Safe handling of multiline text fields, embedded newlines, and special characters
Real-time preview comparing raw unescaped input to parsed CSV fields
Export to cleaned CSV files with custom quote enclosure options