Escape / Unescape — Backslash String Utilities

Convert text to escaped strings (or unescape them) for JavaScript, JSON, and Regex. Customize exactly what gets escaped.

Input
Mode
Text
Advanced Options
Result
Stats
Input contains invisible/bidi control characters.
68Before length
73After length
+5Delta
ReplacementCount
quote(")
2
backslash
1
n
1
t
1

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What you can do

  • Escape text for JavaScript, JSON, or Regex literals
  • Unescape sequences like \n \t \xNN \uXXXX \u{…}
  • Customize which quotes/control chars/non-ASCII are escaped
  • Choose Unicode style: \uXXXX or \u{…}
  • View stats (counts & length delta) and copy/download results

Tips

  • JSON strings must always use double quotes and escape " and \\.
  • For Regex, escape meta characters like [ ] ( ) . * + ? and optionally / when used inside /.../.

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