[youtubei.js](../../../README.md) / [LZW](../README.md) / decompress # Function: decompress() > **decompress**(`input`): `string` Decompresses data that was compressed using the LZW compression algorithm. ## Parameters • **input**: `string` The data to be decompressed. ## Returns `string` ## Defined in [src/utils/LZW.ts:40](https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js/blob/305a398158a6cac82e6ef288fed4bf1661c89d52/src/utils/LZW.ts#L40)