# Username Question

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-question/16724>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 25, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-question/16724 "2018-01-25T02:04:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bellm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bellm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bellm)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-question/16724/1 "2018-01-25T02:04:53Z")

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Is it possible to have a username that starts with a number? We are using the default user management source.

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-question/16724/2 "2018-01-25T14:59:06Z")

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No. User names need to start with a letter, followed by 0 or more of letter, digit, period, underscore, @, -, or space.

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**Author:** ![bellm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bellm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bellm)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-question/16724/3 "2018-01-25T16:34:14Z")

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Ok, thank you for the quick response