# Unable to search double quotes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-double-quotes/301024>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language\
**Created:** [March 30, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-double-quotes/301024 "2022-03-30T04:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhi\_Abhishek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhi_abhishek/32/101426_2.png) [@Abhi\_Abhishek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhi_Abhishek)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-double-quotes/301024/1 "2022-03-30T04:40:14Z")

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I have a field unitDesignator = ""  
Even if I escape with backslash no output & field type is text.

```auto
{
"query":{
"match":{
"unitDesignator"="\"\""
}
}
}

```

Can anyone help me please.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-double-quotes/301024/2 "2022-04-27T04:40:50Z")

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