diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_feature/insert_pivot.ts b/src/plugins/ui_feature/insert_pivot.ts
index a964c60519..f86a1c82e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_feature/insert_pivot.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_feature/insert_pivot.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { PIVOT_TABLE_CONFIG } from "../../constants";
+import { FORBIDDEN_IN_EXCEL_REGEX, PIVOT_TABLE_CONFIG } from "../../constants";
 import { createPivotFormula } from "../../helpers/pivot/pivot_helpers";
 import { SpreadsheetPivotTable } from "../../helpers/pivot/table_spreadsheet_pivot";
 import { getZoneArea, positionToZone } from "../../helpers/zones";
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class InsertPivotPlugin extends UIPlugin {
     const position = this.getters.getSheetIds().indexOf(activeSheetId) + 1;
     const formulaId = this.getters.getPivotFormulaId(newPivotId);
     const newPivotName = this.getters.getPivotName(newPivotId);
-    this.dispatch("CREATE_SHEET", {
+    const result = this.dispatch("CREATE_SHEET", {
       sheetId: newSheetId,
       name: this.getPivotDuplicateSheetName(
         _t("%(newPivotName)s (Pivot #%(formulaId)s)", {
@@ -95,21 +95,24 @@ export class InsertPivotPlugin extends UIPlugin {
       ),
       position,
     });
-    this.dispatch("ACTIVATE_SHEET", { sheetIdFrom: activeSheetId, sheetIdTo: newSheetId });
-    this.dispatch("UPDATE_CELL", {
-      sheetId: newSheetId,
-      col: 0,
-      row: 0,
-      content: `=PIVOT(${formulaId})`,
-    });
+    if (result.isSuccessful) {
+      this.dispatch("ACTIVATE_SHEET", { sheetIdFrom: activeSheetId, sheetIdTo: newSheetId });
+      this.dispatch("UPDATE_CELL", {
+        sheetId: newSheetId,
+        col: 0,
+        row: 0,
+        content: `=PIVOT(${formulaId})`,
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   private getPivotDuplicateSheetName(pivotName: string) {
     let i = 1;
     const names = this.getters.getSheetIds().map((id) => this.getters.getSheetName(id));
-    let name = pivotName;
+    const sanitizedName = pivotName.replace(new RegExp(FORBIDDEN_IN_EXCEL_REGEX, "g"), " ");
+    let name = sanitizedName;
     while (names.includes(name)) {
-      name = `${pivotName} (${i})`;
+      name = `${sanitizedName} (${i})`;
       i++;
     }
     return name;
diff --git a/tests/pivots/pivot_plugin.test.ts b/tests/pivots/pivot_plugin.test.ts
index b3b94cb060..7d07ad2c09 100644
--- a/tests/pivots/pivot_plugin.test.ts
+++ b/tests/pivots/pivot_plugin.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { CommandResult } from "../../src";
+import { FORBIDDEN_SHEET_CHARS } from "../../src/constants";
 import { EMPTY_PIVOT_CELL } from "../../src/helpers/pivot/table_spreadsheet_pivot";
-import { selectCell, setCellContent } from "../test_helpers/commands_helpers";
+import { renameSheet, selectCell, setCellContent } from "../test_helpers/commands_helpers";
 import { createModelFromGrid, toCellPosition } from "../test_helpers/helpers";
 import { addPivot, updatePivot } from "../test_helpers/pivot_helpers";
 
@@ -163,4 +164,40 @@ describe("Pivot plugin", () => {
     const thirdCalculatedName = model.getters.generateNewCalculatedMeasureName(definition.measures);
     expect(thirdCalculatedName).toBe("Calculated measure 1");
   });
+
+  test("forbidden characters are removed from new sheet name when duplicating a pivot", () => {
+    const grid = {
+      A1: "Customer",
+      A2: "Alice",
+    };
+    const model = createModelFromGrid(grid);
+    addPivot(model, "A1:A2", { name: `forbidden: ${FORBIDDEN_SHEET_CHARS}` }, "pivot1");
+    model.dispatch("DUPLICATE_PIVOT_IN_NEW_SHEET", {
+      newPivotId: "pivot2",
+      newSheetId: "Sheet2",
+      pivotId: "pivot1",
+    });
+    expect(model.getters.getSheetName("Sheet2")).toEqual(
+      "forbidden:  , , , , , ,  (copy) (Pivot #2)"
+    );
+    expect(model.getters.getPivotName("pivot2")).toEqual("forbidden: ',*,?,/,\\,[,] (copy)");
+  });
+
+  test("sheet names with forbidden characters cannot conflict", () => {
+    const grid = {
+      A1: "Customer",
+      A2: "Alice",
+    };
+    const model = createModelFromGrid(grid);
+    const sheetId = model.getters.getActiveSheetId();
+    const name = "forbidden: /";
+    renameSheet(model, sheetId, "forbidden:   (copy) (Pivot #2)");
+    addPivot(model, "A1:A2", { name }, "pivot1");
+    model.dispatch("DUPLICATE_PIVOT_IN_NEW_SHEET", {
+      newPivotId: "pivot2",
+      newSheetId: "Sheet2",
+      pivotId: "pivot1",
+    });
+    expect(model.getters.getSheetName("Sheet2")).toEqual("forbidden:   (copy) (Pivot #2) (1)");
+  });
 });