DEVELOPER · ESCAPE

Escape / unescape

Escape special characters into safe forms, or unescape back.

Escape or unescape JSON string content and HTML entities. URL encode/decode stays in the dedicated URL tool so the workflows do not overlap.

Local only · text result only

Work area

Format

Input

Result (plain text)

Safety and format notes

HTML unescape never inserts the result into innerHTML and never executes scripts or event handlers.
JSON unescape expects escaped JSON string content, not a whole JSON document.
Unknown HTML named entities are left unchanged instead of guessed.

How do I use it?

Paste a string, then escape or unescape.

Is anything uploaded?

Everything runs locally in your browser and is not uploaded.

How is this different?

URL encoding targets URLs; this targets literal escapes.