JS String Escaper — Free Online Tool

Escape raw text into a valid JavaScript string literal (\\n, \\t, quotes, control chars) or unescape a literal back to plain text. JS String Escaper is a free online tool from the ToolsRift JavaScript Tools collection. It runs entirely in your browser — nothing to install, no signup, and your data never leaves your device.

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How to use JS String Escaper

Choose Escape or Unescape, paste your text, pick the quote character, then click Convert and copy the result.

Frequently asked questions

What does escaping do?

Escaping turns special characters — newlines, tabs, quotes, backslashes and control characters — into their JavaScript escape sequences so the text can be safely pasted inside a string literal.

Is the conversion reversible?

Yes. Unescaping decodes \n, \t, \r, \b, \f, \v, \0, \xXX, \uXXXX and \u{...} back to the original characters, so escape then unescape returns your exact input.

Which quote should I pick?

Pick the quote you will wrap the string in. The escaper escapes only that quote character, leaving the other quote untouched for cleaner output.

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