# How to enable special characters search when using simple query string **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 22, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-special-characters-search-when-using-simple-query-string/245972 "2020-08-22T06:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dpsoniapandey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dpsoniapandey/32/74342_2.png) [@Dpsoniapandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dpsoniapandey)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-special-characters-search-when-using-simple-query-string/245972/1 "2020-08-22T06:05:55Z")
Hi Team, I have to enable search for all type of special character when using simple query string. Please help me wit analyzer and tokeniser which is to use. ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-special-characters-search-when-using-simple-query-string/245972/2 "2020-08-22T09:58:07Z")
Welcome to the community @Dpsoniapandey! Check out the [reserved characters section](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) on how to escape special characters and if that is what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-special-characters-search-when-using-simple-query-string/245972/3 "2020-09-19T09:58:24Z")
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