# Filter for profanity in usernames?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-for-profanity-in-usernames/133048
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 10, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-for-profanity-in-usernames/133048 "2019-11-10T17:23:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@househaunt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/househaunt)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-for-profanity-in-usernames/133048/1 "2019-11-10T17:23:43Z")
Hello! I’ve been looking through posts on here but haven’t found an answer yet – does anyone know if it’s possible to block users from creating abusive/obscene usernames (i.e., usernames that contain a substring listed in a blacklist?) I’ve found posts relating to a profanity filter, but none related to usernames themselves. I’ve only been using discourse as a participant (as in, I have never tried to configure it myself) so this is all pretty new for me, but I’d love to contribute to the project if this is a feature that doesn’t exist and people would be open to it.
Never mind – found this: [Feature Request: Making 'reserved usernames' check the censored and blocked words list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-making-reserved-usernames-check-the-censored-and-blocked-words-list/84784)
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-for-profanity-in-usernames/133048/2 "2019-11-10T18:39:52Z")
Search for `reserved usernames` in the settings. There you can set up a list and use a wildcard:
> Usernames for which signup is not allowed. Wildcard symbol \* can be used to match any character zero or more times.
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### Author:  [@househaunt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/househaunt)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-for-profanity-in-usernames/133048/3 "2019-11-10T21:09:07Z")
Ah thank you!! That’s very helpful!