Does Extract Quoted Text upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract Quoted Text runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Single or double quotes. Simple backslash escapes. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.

Should I use Extract URLs instead of Extract Quoted Text?

Use Extract Quoted Text when you need Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings. Use Extract URLs when you need Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

Extract Quoted Text

Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings.

Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes.

What Extract Quoted Text does

Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes.

Extract Quoted Text sits in the Text group on purpose. It is not Extract URLs (Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort.) and not JSON Formatter (Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort.). Choose this page when you need Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings. If you stretch Extract Quoted Text into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Extract Quoted Text

Keep this tab on Extract Quoted Text (/extract-quoted). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Extract URLs) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract Quoted Text expects. Path hint: extract quoted. Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings.
Apply the Extract Quoted Text action only. JSON Formatter is a different transform (Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort.). Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes.
Copy the output of Extract Quoted Text if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Single or double quotes. Simple backslash escapes. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
If the text job is actually Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort., leave Extract Quoted Text and open Extract URLs.

When not to use Extract Quoted Text

Skip Extract Quoted Text when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract URLs or JSON Formatter — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes.

Questions about Extract Quoted Text

What does Extract Quoted Text do that other Text pages on this site do not?: Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes. Short version: Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings.
Does Extract Quoted Text upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract Quoted Text runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Single or double quotes. Simple backslash escapes. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
Should I use Extract URLs instead of Extract Quoted Text?: Use Extract Quoted Text when you need Pull single-quoted and double-quoted strings. Use Extract URLs when you need Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract Quoted Text?: Single or double quotes. Simple backslash escapes. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters. Also: Supports simple backslash escapes. Duplicates dropped. Not a JSON parser and not quote-stripping of the whole buffer. Emails are not treated as quotes.