Problem with i:0#.w|/domain name

Question

I have a problem with user logon. In front of a logon name I have i:0#.w| and then I have a login name. How to get just the login name? Because this is i:0#.w| appearing everywhere in Info Path, in Excel and many more. How can I get rid of it from Central Administration of Sharepoint ?

Answer 1

Your web application is using claims based authentication and you can't get rid of that part from Central Administration unless you use a classic based authentication for a web application (in SP 2013 that is possible only using PowerShell when creating a new web application).

To remove that part from the user names in InfoPath, Excel, etc. you have to split the string and get only DOMAIN\Username.

When coding you can use the following snippet:

SPClaimProviderManager claimsManager = SPClaimProviderManager.Local;

if (claimsManager != null)
{
    if (SPClaimProviderManager.IsEncodedClaim(usernameString))
        username = claimsManager.DecodeClaim(usernameString).Value;
    else
        username = usernameString;
}

Answer 2

I faced the same situation and the only thing I could find was splitting the string and take only the user name. So the solution is sub string.

Fore more info check this.