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Asked: 2026-06-18T02:06:57+00:00

I am currently attempting to remove unwanted characters from a string within my C#

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I am currently attempting to remove unwanted characters from a string within my C# code.

The remove of the \ character, but it is removing too much. Below is a example of the string

“[{ \”attributes\” : { \”SR_ID\” : \”200003172375\”,
\”Fath_SR\” : \”EH0036\”, \”UPRN\” : \”100100024250\”,
\”Eastings\” : \”260376\”, \”Northings\” : \”358150\”,
\”Disgrifiad\” : \”Test\”, \”Date\” : \”25/01/2012\”,
\”Time\” : \”11:36\” }, \”geometry\” : { \”x\” :
270315, \”y\” : 345828 } }]”

I am attempting to remove the \ character, but leave the “. The only way I have been able to remove the \ is by using 

 sReturn = sReturn.Replace("\"",String.Empty);

But this removes the ” character.

I have tried the two attempts below, but for some reason it does not want to do as it told!

 sReturn = sReturn.Replace(@"\",String.Empty);
 sReturn = sReturn.Replace("\\",String.Empty);

Is there a way I could replace the \” with a “?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming you really DO have \" characters in your string and aren’t just looking at an escaped representation, you can simply do:

    sReturn = sReturn.Replace("\\\"","\"");

    If you want to unescape all possible types of escape sequences, use:

    sReturn = Regex.Unescape(sReturn);

    But as others have pointed out, you probably don’t really have these characters, and are just looking at a representation where it is shown in the escaped form, such as in visual studio debugger.

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