JavaScript Escape

What is JavaScript Escape?

Type text and see it escaped the way it would need to appear inside a JavaScript or JSON string literal (quotes, backslashes, and newlines escaped). Type in either field and both directions update live. Handy when hand-building a string literal that contains quotes, backslashes, or line breaks: pasting user-generated text into a JS template, a JSON payload, or a config file without it breaking the surrounding syntax. Everything runs in your browser as you type.

How to Use the JavaScript Escape Tool

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   Type or Paste the Text: Enter any text, including quotes, backslashes, or multi-line content.

2. 2

   Read the Escaped Result Instantly: The JS/JSON-safe escaped string appears automatically as you type.

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   Copy the Result: Use the copy button to copy the escaped string for use in code or a config file.

What Gets Escaped and Why

A JavaScript or JSON string literal is wrapped in quotes, so a literal quote character inside the string would end it early unless it's escaped. Backslashes need escaping for the same reason: a backslash starts an escape sequence, so a literal one has to be written as \\ to be read back correctly. Newlines can't appear as a raw line break inside a single-line string literal either, so they're written as \n. This tool produces the same escaping JSON.stringify() would generate, just without the surrounding quotes, so the result drops straight into a string literal you're already writing.

Example

Input:
He said "hi"
Bye

Escaped:
He said \"hi\"\nBye

The quote characters become \", and the line break between "hi" and "Bye" becomes the two-character sequence \n. Both are now safe to drop inside a single-line "..." string literal.