# Username with non english chars
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-non-english-chars/31601
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [31 Julho , 2015 10:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-non-english-chars/31601 "2015-07-31T10:40:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@CalamarRojo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CalamarRojo)
#### Post date: [31 Julho , 2015 10:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-non-english-chars/31601/1 "2015-07-31T10:40:11Z")
Hi, recently i installed discourse to have the chance to test it. Seens like is not possible to use non english characters in the username, for example the letter Ñ , a spanish common letter 😕 (niño, meñique, españa, …) . Is possible to change it in a easy way or is not contemplate?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [31 Julho , 2015 10:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-non-english-chars/31601/2 "2015-07-31T10:49:13Z")
See [Why isn't Hebrew usernames allowed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-hebrew-usernames-allowed/18185) and [https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-support-unicode-style-username/10640/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-support-unicode-style-username/10640/2)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [31 Julho , 2015 10:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-with-non-english-chars/31601/3 "2015-07-31T10:49:15Z")