# Improved search - Special character **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/improved-search-special-character/139609 "2016-03-21T14:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TorUse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/toruse/32/6345_2.png) [@TorUse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TorUse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/improved-search-special-character/139609/1 "2016-03-21T14:18:05Z")
Hi Plex devs, I came across some difficulties when searching for movies on Plex (in the web app, ios app and API). It would be great if special characters were ignored while searching on plex. Some examples: - Movie name on plex: “WALL·E” --\> Search for “wall e” should work - Movie name on plex: “Spider-man” --\> Search for “spiderman” or “spider man” should work - Movie name on plex: “Contre-enquête” --\> Search for “contre enquete” should work Please let me know if you need more details. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/improved-search-special-character/139609/2 "2021-03-20T00:54:47Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: implemented > [@Plex Media Server](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server/30447/409): > > Plex Media Server 1.22.1.4200 is now available to Plex Pass users in the Beta update channel. NEW: (Library) Improved search handling of non-Latin scripts (#7896) (Library) Improved search handling of punctuation (#7833) (Web) Updated to 4.52.2 Updated Translations. FIXES: (Butler) The scheduled job to refresh local metadata could use a lot or memory. (Gaming) Allow h/w encoding for parallel N64 core. (Gaming) Fix for games not saving state on Windows. (Gaming) Move to using nearest neighb… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/improved-search-special-character/139609/3 "2021-06-10T00:59:14Z")