Json single object string into List<string>

I am having a hard time getting a simple json object into a List

var returnedJson = ["applicant", "recruiter", "team"];

NOT WORKING

List<string> list = (List<string>)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(returnedJson);

How can I parse the json string into a List?

You need to specify List<string> as the type argument to DeserializeObject:

var list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>(returnedJson);

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