---
title: "Liquid filters: escape_once"
description: Escapes a string without changing characters that have already been escaped.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/escape_once
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/escape_once.md
---

# escape\_​once

```oobleck
string | escape_once
```

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

Escapes a string without changing characters that have already been escaped.

```liquid
# applying the escape filter to already escaped text escapes characters in HTML entities:


{{ "<p>Text to be escaped.</p>" | escape }}


# applying the escape_once filter to already escaped text skips characters in HTML entities:


{{ "<p>Text to be escaped.</p>" | escape_once }}


# use escape_once to escape strings where a combination of HTML entities and non-escaped characters might be present:


{{ "<p>Text to be escaped.</p> & some additional text" | escape_once }}
```

## Output

```html
```