# Can you prevent specific characters in a topic title?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-prevent-specific-characters-in-a-topic-title/106206>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-prevent-specific-characters-in-a-topic-title/106206 "2019-01-10T16:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-prevent-specific-characters-in-a-topic-title/106206/2 "2019-01-11T00:26:56Z")

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You could add it to the Watched Words, but there’s no setting covering the “just in the topic title” scenario.

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