ImportError: cannot import name soft_unicode from markupsafe

Are you facing the error “importerror: cannot import name soft_unicode from markupsafe“? Yes, you have come to the right place. Today in this tutorial, I will show you how to solve this error.

This error “importerror: cannot import name ‘soft_unicode’ from ‘markupsafe’” occurs when because the soft_unicode method has been deprecated in the latest versions of markupsafe.

ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/home/ehtisham/Desktop/freetoreads/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

[Fixed]: importerror: cannot import name ‘soft_unicode’ from ‘markupsafe’

If you want to solve the error, you will need to downgrade to markupsafe==2.0.1. markupsafe==2.0.1 is the last version that supports the soft_unicode method.

You can run this command to downgrade markupsafe which supports the soft_unicode method.

pip install markupsafe==2.0.1
pip3 install markupsafe==2.0.1

# If you don't have pip in PATH environment variable
python -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1
python3 -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1

# py alias (only works on Windows)
py -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1

# If you are coding on Jupyter Notebook
!pip install markupsafe==2.0.1

If you are using the requirements.txt file in your project, you can add this line in your file.

markupsafe==2.0.1

Already Installed “markupsafe”?

If you have already installed “markupsafe” then there are two ways to installed the markupsafe 2.0.1 version.

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Method 01 to Install markupsafe 2.0.1:

If you have already installed markupsafe latest version you can uninstall it and then install the 2.0.1 version.

# Command to uninstall the latest version of markupsafe

pip uninstall markupsafe

# Installed the version 2.0.1

pip install markupsafe==2.0.1

Method 02 to Install markupsafe 2.0.1:

Another method to installed the markupsafe version 2.0.1 when you have latest version already installed is to use “–force-reinstall” with your command.

pip install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall
pip3 install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall

# If you don't have pip in PATH environment variable
python -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall
python3 -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall
py -m pip install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall

# If you are using Jupyter Notebook
!pip install markupsafe==2.0.1 --force-reinstall

Conclusion on ImportError: cannot import name soft_unicode from markupsafe

Programmers, We discussed how we can fix the error “ImportError: cannot import name soft_unicode from markupsafe“. If you are still facing the issue please let us know in the comments section. markupsafe==2.0.1 is the last version that supports the soft_unicode method. You can install markupsafe version 2.0.1 to get rid of this error.