[MC-224569] Commands do not work with certain characters in player names

I've seen someone not be able to use the "/tp" command (it would give an error message) because it had a player name in it with "é". I do not know if it is only limited to this command.

I saw this when I was at school, so it could be the case that the account was made using an unconventional method because this person originally had no Minecraft account. I also don't know if it is a hacked version of Minecraft or not.

Comments 7

Avoma 2021-04-30T13:50:48Z

Are you sure that you experienced this issue on Java Edition, because it's not possible to have the letter "é" in a player's name.

uyp 2021-04-30T14:19:08Z

put the name between quotes

Kaspi 2021-04-30T14:56:14Z

Avoma, yes, I am sure it was on Java Edition. It's weird how there's an 'é' in that name to begin with.

[Mod] markderickson 2021-05-13T03:09:59Z

If you're sure the player's name had an é, could you please provide the player's name?

Kaspi 2021-05-15T21:07:30Z

Mark Derickson, the player's name was 'Renée'.

Avoma 2021-07-16T16:28:29Z

The account with the name "Renée" does not exist therefore making this report invalid. "é" is an invalid character and cannot be used in minecraft usernames.

SPGoding 2021-07-23T19:53:08Z

Thank you for your report!
We're tracking this issue in MC-121692, so this ticket is being resolved and linked as a duplicate.

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