diff --git a/internal/utilities/utilities.go b/internal/utilities/utilities.go
index 6a71c38..69f5e56 100644
--- a/internal/utilities/utilities.go
+++ b/internal/utilities/utilities.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utilities
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@ func FieldFormat(text string) string {
 }
 
 func DisplayNameFormat(text string) string {
-	return boldmagenta + text + reset
+	// use this pattern to remove all emoji strings
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile(`\s:[A-Za-z0-9]*:`)
+
+	return boldmagenta + pattern.ReplaceAllString(text, "") + reset
 }
 
 func FormatDate(date time.Time) string {