Unicode escape converter
Convert text to Unicode escape sequences and decode Unicode escapes.
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How to use this tool
- Choose encoding or decoding.
- Encoding produces JavaScript-style \u escapes, including surrogate pairs for supplementary characters.
- Decoding accepts \uFFFF and \u{1F600} escapes without running code.
Things to know
- Processing happens on your device. Check the result before replacing your original data.
- Each text input accepts up to 5 MiB. Output is limited to 25 MiB and combined text settings to 1 MiB.
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