diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e286678..bdec7682 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
 - [#874](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/874): Fix media snippet markup insertion to article content's
+- [#875](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/875): Clean up the exclamation marks from the file name when creating new content
 
 ## [10.5.0] - 2024-10-21 - [Release notes](https://beta.frontmatter.codes/updates/v10.5.0)
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/Sanitize.ts b/src/helpers/Sanitize.ts
index 6187e0ec..2454210f 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Sanitize.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/Sanitize.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const illegalRe = /[/?<>\\:*|"]/g;
+const illegalRe = /[/?<>\\:*|"!]/g;
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-const controlRe = /[\x00-\x1F\x80-\x9F]/g;
+const controlRe = /[\x00-\x1f\x80-\x9f]/g;
 const reservedRe = /^\.+$/;
 const windowsReservedRe = /^(con|prn|aux|nul|com[0-9]|lpt[0-9])(\..*)?$/i;
 const windowsTrailingRe = /[. ]+$/;