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Escaping & Unescaping JSON Strings

Fix double-escaped JSON strings, remove unnecessary backslashes, escape quote characters, and sanitize raw payload strings.

Handling Escaped Strings in JSON

Stringified JSON inside log payloads often contains double-escaped backslashes (\\"). Unescaping restores valid JSON structures.

json
// Escaped String:
"{\"name\": \"Alice\"}"

// Unescaped Valid JSON:
{
  "name": "Alice"
}

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I unescape double-escaped JSON?

Paste your escaped string into our JSON Formatter tool and click Unescape.

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