unescape()

Warning: Although unescape() is not strictly deprecated (as in "removed from the Web standards"), it is defined in Annex B of the ECMA-262 standard, whose introduction states:

… All of the language features and behaviors specified in this annex have one or more undesirable characteristics and in the absence of legacy usage would be removed from this specification. … … Programmers should not use or assume the existence of these features and behaviors when writing new ECMAScript code. …

The unescape() function computes a new string in which hexadecimal escape sequences are replaced with the character that it represents. The escape sequences might be introduced by a function like escape. Usually, decodeURI or decodeURIComponent are preferred over unescape.

Note: Do not use unescape to decode URIs, use decodeURI instead.

Syntax

unescape(str)

Parameters

str

A string to be decoded.

Return value

A new string in which certain characters have been unescaped.

Description

The unescape function is a property of the global object.

Examples

Using unescape

unescape('abc123');     // "abc123"
unescape('%E4%F6%FC');  // "äöü"
unescape('%u0107');     // "ć"

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-unescape-string

Browser compatibility

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See also