# Shared deck download removes all non-ASCII characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Syncing & AnkiWeb\ **Created:** [July 30, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617 "2024-07-30T04:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/1 "2024-07-30T04:30:12Z")
The deck at [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1521800111](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1521800111) _(chosen for its name only)_ is called: `Русский - Турецкий Rusça-Türkçe kelimeler(слов) 407` `_-__Rusa-Trke_kelimeler_407.apkg` is what I get when downloading it. The Cyrillic and Turkish characters and the parentheses were removed, and the spaces were replaced with underscores. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/2 "2024-07-30T05:26:50Z")
It sounds like your concern is that the title on the shared deck page doesn’t match the name of the apkg that you downloaded. Is that causing you some sort of issue? [Based on that single review on this 6yo deck, it doesn’t seem worth your time to download it at all.] ---
**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/3 "2024-07-30T05:38:32Z")
A service used for language learning with a program designed to support multiple languages can’t preserve names in many languages. “[турецко-русский](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1138092434)” becomes “-.apkg”, “[Биохимия](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1606291120)” (_Biochemistry_) becomes “blank.apkg”. How is that not an issue on its own? ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/4 "2024-07-30T06:04:31Z")
I just wanted to make sure you weren’t looking for actual help with a problem. 😁 I would suspect it more likely has to do with ensuring universal OS / file-system / internet compatibility, than with a problem with Anki. But I’ll let someone with more expertise in that area answer you about that. ---
**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/5 "2024-07-30T06:53:44Z")
Well, if I download tons of files named “-.apkg” or “blank.apkg”, that will be a problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/6 "2024-07-30T18:38:26Z")
For that problem, the simplest way around it seems to be naming the files or importing the decks as you’re downloading them. The name of the apkg doesn’t matter for very long. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/7 "2024-07-31T13:33:26Z")
Thanks, I’ve logged it on [Shared deck download removes all non-ASCII characters from filename · Issue #3333 · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/3333) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/shared-deck-download-removes-all-non-ascii-characters/47617/8 "2024-08-30T13:33:59Z")
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