JSON to Plain Text

Sometimes you just need the plain text content from a JSON file without all the braces, brackets, quotes, and keys. This is useful when migrating data and you need a quick readable summary, searching through API responses for specific values, extracting content from CMS exports, or converting structured data into a format you can paste into a document or email.

Rather than manually picking through nested JSON, this tool pulls out the text content and presents it as a clean, readable list. It handles nested objects, arrays, and mixed data types, giving you just the human-readable parts.

The Values Only mode extracts just the values from your JSON, ignoring all keys. This is the most common mode, giving you a clean list of data without field names. It works well when you already know what the data represents and just need the content.

Keys and Values mode includes both the key name and its value on each line, formatted as key: value. This gives you context about what each value means. The Paths and Values mode shows the full path to each value using dot notation (like user.address.city: London), which is invaluable for understanding deeply nested structures or documenting an API response format.