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title: "Keyboard Characters to NOT use for Pharos passwords"
slug: "keyboard-characters-to-not-use-for-pharos-passwords"
updated: 2024-03-28T12:59:01Z
published: 2024-03-28T12:59:01Z
canonical: "kb.pharos.com/keyboard-characters-to-not-use-for-pharos-passwords"
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# Keyboard Characters to NOT use for Pharos passwords

Keyboard Characters to NOT use for Pharos passwords

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Below are a list of keyboard characters to avoid when creating passwords in Pharos. Or, when using Pharos Logon Plugins for authentication.

**Uniprint 7.2 - 8.2**

| ` | accent |
| --- | --- |
| ~ | tilda |
| ! | exclamation point |
| @ | at sign, at symbol, amphora |
| # | hash mark, pound sign |
| $ | dollar sign |
| % | percent sign |
| ^ | caret |
| & | ampersand |
| / | slash, forward slash |
| \ | backslash |
| * | asterisk, star |
| ( | open parenthasis, left parenthasis |
| ) | close parenthasis, right parenthasis |
| _ | underscore |
| + | plus sign |
| - | minus sign |
| = | equal sign |
| ' | apostrophe, single quote mark |
| " | double quotes |

  

**Uniprint 8.3**

| \ | backslash |
| --- | --- |

  

**Uniprint 8.4** and its Logon Plugins support all of the keyboard characters listed above

  

**MobilePrint 1.2 - 1.3**

| & | ampersand |
| --- | --- |

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