JWT Decoder

Decode and inspect JSON Web Tokens

JWT Token

JWT Structure

Header

Algorithm and token type

Payload

Claims and data

Signature

Verification signature

Header

Header will appear here after decoding

Payload

Payload will appear here after decoding

Signature

Signature will appear here after decoding

Common Claims

iss - Issuer of the token
sub - Subject (user identifier)
aud - Audience (intended recipient)
exp - Expiration time (Unix timestamp)
iat - Issued at time (Unix timestamp)
nbf - Not before time (Unix timestamp)

Security Note

This tool only decodes JWT tokens. It does not verify signatures.

JWTs are base64-encoded and can be decoded by anyone. Never store sensitive information in the payload.

Always verify JWT signatures on the server-side before trusting the token contents.