Title: Invalid User
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Invalid User

 *  [raultbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raultbc/)
 * (@raultbc)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-user/)
 * I have a registered user who created a username with special characters, namely
   the > sign. When I try to change the Role for this user, the Edit function gives
   me an error:
 * ERROR: This username is invalid. Please enter a valid username.
 * Of course, there is no editing of the username so I’m not sure where to go from
   here. Any help would be appreciated.
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [raultbc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raultbc/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-user/)
 * Status: not resolved

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