# \[Solved\] Special character removal from email id
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** design, solved
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910 "2020-06-02T09:48:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@thestrengthinstitute](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thestrengthinstitute)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910/1 "2020-06-02T09:48:49Z")
Hi,
I have a login screen that accepts email and password.
Now in the next screen I want to create a variable that has the email Id, BUT WITHOUT ANY OF THE SPECIAL CHARACTERS. For example, if email is [findjhonny-92@gmail.com](mailto:findjhonny-92@gmail.com), I want to extract findjhonny92gmailcom. ( The - and @ are gone). How can I do this?
To explain the logic behind this problem, I need to create a folder in the realtime database for each user. The only constant thing each user has is the email id. So I am trying to create a folder using eMail id but the firebase database name cannot accept special characters. Please help.
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910/2 "2020-06-02T10:57:31Z")
@thestrengthinstitute here’s an example that does just that:
[https://thunk.app/w/40mP2-xgx](https://thunk.app/w/40mP2-xgx)
You can remix directly from the project detail page here:
[https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5eced737d09017f025e225c0](https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5eced737d09017f025e225c0)
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### Author:  [@thestrengthinstitute](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thestrengthinstitute)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910/3 "2020-06-03T07:45:13Z")
Thank you!! That was perfect.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-special-character-removal-from-email-id/590910/4 "2024-11-08T11:28:48Z")