What does the JSON Escape & Unescape do?

A dedicated JSON string formatting tool that escapes reserved characters (quotes, backslashes, control characters) to ensure valid JSON string literals. Supports optional forward slash escaping (`\/`) to prevent XSS when embedding JSON within HTML ` ` tags, and unicode transcoding.

JSON Escape & Unescape | Web Development Suite

Web Development Suite

The Complete Developer Toolkit

Base64 File Encoder & Decoder Base64 Image Encoder & Decoder Base64 Text Encoder & Decoder CSV Escape & Unescape File Encoding Converter HTML Escape & Unescape JavaScript Escape & Unescape JSON Escape & Unescape JSON Parser JSON Stringifier SQL Escape & Unescape URL Encoder & Decoder XML Escape & Unescape

Log In

API Pricing About Contact Login

Upgrade to Pro

JSON Escape & Unescape - Tool Overview

Escape and unescape JSON string values with quote escaping, forward slash escaping for HTML embedding, and unicode formatting.

Category: encoders-and-decoders

Best used when: Use this tool when constructing JSON payloads in server-side templates, escaping database queries inside JSON fields, or fixing malformed JSON strings containing unescaped quote characters.

Summary: Escape and unescape JSON string values with quote escaping, forward slash escaping for HTML embedding, and unicode formatting.

Web Development Suite

The Complete Developer Toolkit

A product of

Technologies

Products

Playgrounds & Editors
CSS Tools
API & Database Tools
Code Converters
Encoders & Decoders
Code Validators & Formatters
Code Optimizers & Transcoders
DevOps & Testing
Security & Privacy
Developer Utilities
View All 114+ Tools →

Resources

Tools
API
Pricing
FAQ

Company

About Us
Contact Us
Support
Security & Trust
Sitemap

Legal

Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Refund Policy

About Contact Terms Privacy Cookies Refund Security Sitemap

Web Development Suite - Product Overview

Web Development Suite is an online developer productivity platform providing over 114+ tools for code validation, format conversion, code generation, and performance optimization.

The platform is designed for professional web developers, frontend engineers, and full-stack developers who want fast, privacy-first tools without installing software or switching between multiple websites.

The product offers both monthly and yearly subscription plans and supports common development tasks such as code generation, validation, conversion and optimization.