Removing “\” in json object string

Question

How can i remove special character \"\\\" in the string below:

String x = {
    \"message\": {
        \"@content\": \"toom\"
    },
    \"recipients\": \"[{\\\"         


        

Answer 1

You must escape the backslash in the regex.

try

x.replaceAll("\\\\", "")

see JavaRegularExpressions: 3.6. Backslashes in Java