diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.ts b/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.ts
index 2d8e19e6b..d88baf205 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.ts
@@ -650,6 +650,20 @@ describe('Parse Task Text', () => {
 			expect(result.labels).toHaveLength(1)
 			expect(result.labels[0]).toBe('today')
 		})
+		it('should parse labels with parentheses and remove them from text', () => {
+			const result = parseTaskText('a *"a (a)"')
+
+			expect(result.text).toBe('a')
+			expect(result.labels).toHaveLength(1)
+			expect(result.labels[0]).toBe('a (a)')
+		})
+		it('should parse labels with parentheses from the start', () => {
+			const result = parseTaskText('*"a (a)" a')
+
+			expect(result.text).toBe('a')
+			expect(result.labels).toHaveLength(1)
+			expect(result.labels[0]).toBe('a (a)')
+		})
 	})
 
 	describe('Project', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.ts b/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.ts
index d725a05c9..8e1fbb045 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/parseTaskText.ts
@@ -276,18 +276,21 @@ const getRepeats = (text: string): repeatParsedResult => {
 	}
 }
 
+const escapeRegExp = (s: string): string => s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
+
 export const cleanupItemText = (text: string, items: string[], prefix: string): string => {
 	items.forEach(l => {
 		if (l === '') {
 			return
 		}
+		const escaped = escapeRegExp(l)
 		text = text
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}'${l}' `, 'ig'), '')
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}'${l}'`, 'ig'), '')
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}"${l}" `, 'ig'), '')
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}"${l}"`, 'ig'), '')
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}${l} `, 'ig'), '')
-			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}${l}`, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}'${escaped}' `, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}'${escaped}'`, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}"${escaped}" `, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}"${escaped}"`, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}${escaped} `, 'ig'), '')
+			.replace(new RegExp(`\\${prefix}${escaped}`, 'ig'), '')
 	})
 	return text
 }