# Please allow emojis in user names when registering users through the API

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-allow-emojis-in-user-names-when-registering-users-through-the-api/35566>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-allow-emojis-in-user-names-when-registering-users-through-the-api/35566 "2020-11-10T08:13:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![d27](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/d27/32/17869_2.png) [@d27](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/d27)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-allow-emojis-in-user-names-when-registering-users-through-the-api/35566/1 "2020-11-10T08:13:10Z")

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I’m working on an application to manage breakouts in meetings. We’re registering users via the API ([POST /meetings/{meetingId}/registrants](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingregistrantcreate)) and want to prepend their name with an EMOJI, something like “🌟 Dirk”, but when they join the meeting, the EMOJI is replaced with a single dash, ie ‘- Dirk’. 😭.

It would be nice to be able to add EMOJIs when users register.

This was initially asked as a question [here](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/utf-in-meeting-registrant-name/34513).

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**Author:** ![Olionix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/olionix/32/18518_2.png) [@Olionix](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Olionix)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-allow-emojis-in-user-names-when-registering-users-through-the-api/35566/2 "2020-11-10T21:01:16Z")

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I agree with you. Emojis should be allowed in user names [👍](https://emojitool.com/thumbs-up-sign)

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**Author:** ![hey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/hey/32/33169_2.png) [@hey](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/hey)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/please-allow-emojis-in-user-names-when-registering-users-through-the-api/35566/3 "2021-12-08T05:26:41Z")

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LITERALLY!! IT’S SO DEPRESSING!! But somehow, my friend was able to name herself 😌 and had no problem!! I asked her and she said she just inserted the emoji?!?