diff --git a/web/cm_plugins/clean.ts b/web/cm_plugins/clean.ts
index 611232d9..e8eb5e16 100644
--- a/web/cm_plugins/clean.ts
+++ b/web/cm_plugins/clean.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { cleanWikiLinkPlugin } from "./wiki_link.ts";
 import { cleanCommandLinkPlugin } from "./command_link.ts";
 import { fencedCodePlugin } from "./fenced_code.ts";
 import { frontmatterPlugin } from "./frontmatter.ts";
+import { cleanEscapePlugin } from "./escapes.ts";
 
 export function cleanModePlugins(client: Client) {
   return [
@@ -42,5 +43,6 @@ export function cleanModePlugins(client: Client) {
     tablePlugin(client),
     cleanWikiLinkPlugin(client),
     cleanCommandLinkPlugin(client),
+    cleanEscapePlugin(),
   ] as Extension[];
 }
diff --git a/web/cm_plugins/escapes.ts b/web/cm_plugins/escapes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30b8edcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/cm_plugins/escapes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { EditorState } from "@codemirror/state";
+import { syntaxTree } from "@codemirror/language";
+import { Decoration } from "@codemirror/view";
+import {
+  decoratorStateField,
+  invisibleDecoration,
+  isCursorInRange,
+} from "./util.ts";
+
+export function cleanEscapePlugin() {
+  return decoratorStateField(
+    (state: EditorState) => {
+      const widgets: any[] = [];
+
+      syntaxTree(state).iterate({
+        enter({ type, from, to }) {
+          if (
+            type.name === "Escape" &&
+            !isCursorInRange(state, [from, to])
+          ) {
+            widgets.push(invisibleDecoration.range(from, from + 1));
+          }
+        },
+      });
+      return Decoration.set(widgets, true);
+    },
+  );
+}