What Characters Should I Avoid When Naming My File?

• Don’t use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file name.
• Don’t start or end your filename with a space, period, hyphen, or underline.

Do not use the following:

Tilde (~)
Number/Pound sign (#)
Percent (%)
Ampersand (&)
Asterisk (*)
Braces ({ })
Parenthesis ( )
Backslash (\)
Colon (:)
Angle brackets (< >)
Question mark (?)
Slash (/)
Plus sign (+)
Pipe (|)
Quotation marks (“, ’)
Dollar sign ($)
Exclamation point (!)
At sign (@)