Backslash Escape Tool
Escape or unescape special characters
Frequently Asked Questions
What is character escaping?
Character escaping is the process of adding backslashes before special characters to change their meaning. For example, \" represents a literal quote character in many programming languages.
When do I need to escape characters?
Escaping is commonly needed when working with strings in programming, HTML, JSON, file paths (Windows), and when preparing text for databases to prevent code injection or parsing errors.
What characters does this tool escape?
This tool handles quotes (\" and \'), backslashes (\\), and special characters like newlines (\n), carriage returns (\r), and tabs (\t).
What's the difference between escaping and unescaping?
Escaping adds backslashes to special characters to make them safe for processing, while unescaping removes those backslashes to restore the original characters.