---
title: "Liquid filters: escape"
description: Escapes special characters in HTML, such as `<>`, `'`, and `&`, and converts characters into escape sequences. The filter doesn't effect characters within the string that don’t have a corresponding escape sequence.".
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/escape
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/escape.md
---

# escape

```oobleck
string | escape
```

returns [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

Escapes special characters in HTML, such as `<>`, `'`, and `&`, and converts characters into escape sequences. The filter doesn't effect characters within the string that don’t have a corresponding escape sequence.".

```liquid
{{ '<p>Text to be escaped.</p>' | escape }}
```

## Output

```html
&lt;p&gt;Text to be escaped.&lt;/p&gt;
```