Does Sort JSON Keys upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Sort JSON Keys runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Any JSON root. Object keys sorted A–Z recursively. Arrays unchanged. Max 500,000 characters.

Should I use JSON Formatter instead of Sort JSON Keys?

Use Sort JSON Keys when you need Recursively sort object keys A–Z. Use JSON Formatter when you need Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort. They share a category (Convert) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Sort JSON Keys?

Any JSON root. Object keys sorted A–Z recursively. Arrays unchanged. Max 500,000 characters. Also: Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.

Sort JSON Keys

Recursively sort object keys A–Z.

Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.

What Sort JSON Keys does

Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.

Sort JSON Keys sits in the Convert group on purpose. It is not JSON Formatter (Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort.) and not Flatten JSON (Dot-path keys from nested JSON.). Choose this page when you need Recursively sort object keys A–Z. If you stretch Sort JSON Keys into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Sort JSON Keys

Keep this tab on Sort JSON Keys (/json-sort-keys). Pasting into the wrong Convert tool (for example JSON Formatter) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Sort JSON Keys expects. Path hint: json sort keys. Recursively sort object keys A–Z.
Apply the Sort JSON Keys action only. Flatten JSON is a different transform (Dot-path keys from nested JSON.). Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.
Copy the output of Sort JSON Keys if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Any JSON root. Object keys sorted A–Z recursively. Arrays unchanged. Max 500,000 characters.
If the text job is actually Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort., leave Sort JSON Keys and open JSON Formatter.

When not to use Sort JSON Keys

Skip Sort JSON Keys when a neighbor tool matches better — start with JSON Formatter or Flatten JSON — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.

Questions about Sort JSON Keys

What does Sort JSON Keys do that other Convert pages on this site do not?: Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value. Short version: Recursively sort object keys A–Z.
Does Sort JSON Keys upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Sort JSON Keys runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Any JSON root. Object keys sorted A–Z recursively. Arrays unchanged. Max 500,000 characters.
Should I use JSON Formatter instead of Sort JSON Keys?: Use Sort JSON Keys when you need Recursively sort object keys A–Z. Use JSON Formatter when you need Pretty-print or minify JSON with indent and optional key sort. They share a category (Convert) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Sort JSON Keys?: Any JSON root. Object keys sorted A–Z recursively. Arrays unchanged. Max 500,000 characters. Also: Arrays keep item order. Pretty-printed with two spaces. Unlike JSON Formatter this always sorts keys. Root may be any JSON value.