diff --git a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/modules/participant-search-selector/components/participant-search-selector/participant-search-selector.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/modules/participant-search-selector/components/participant-search-selector/participant-search-selector.component.ts
index c3a6b03d91..68bb444fa7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/modules/participant-search-selector/components/participant-search-selector/participant-search-selector.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/modules/participant-search-selector/components/participant-search-selector/participant-search-selector.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
 import { UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
-import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { MatLegacySnackBar as MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/legacy-snack-bar';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { BehaviorSubject, filter, firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { Permission } from 'src/app/domain/definitions/permission';
 import { ModelRequestService } from 'src/app/site/services/model-request.service';
 import { BaseUiComponent } from 'src/app/ui/base/base-ui-component';
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ export class ParticipantSearchSelectorComponent extends BaseUiComponent implemen
         private userSortService: ParticipantListSortService,
         private modelRequestService: ModelRequestService,
         private activeMeeting: ActiveMeetingService,
-        formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder
+        formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder,
+        private snackBar: MatSnackBar,
+        private translate: TranslateService
     ) {
         super();
 
@@ -149,9 +153,19 @@ export class ParticipantSearchSelectorComponent extends BaseUiComponent implemen
         }
     }
 
-    public async createNewSelectedUser(username: string): Promise<void> {
-        const newUserObj = await this.userRepo.createFromString(username);
+    public async createNewSelectedUser(name: string): Promise<void> {
+        const newUserObj = await this.userRepo.createFromString(name);
         this.emitSelectedUser({ userId: newUserObj.id, user: newUserObj });
+        const user = await firstValueFrom(
+            this.userRepo.getViewModelObservable(newUserObj.id).pipe(filter(user => !!user))
+        );
+        this.snackBar.open(
+            this.translate
+                .instant(`A user with the username '%username%' and the first name '%first_name%' was created.`)
+                .replace(`%username%`, user.username)
+                .replace(`%first_name%`, user.first_name),
+            this.translate.instant(`Ok`)
+        );
     }
 
     private emitSelectedUser(data: UserSelectionData): void {
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/services/common/participant-controller.service/participant-controller.service.ts b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/services/common/participant-controller.service/participant-controller.service.ts
index 5cc1f91efe..cd841d3aa9 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/services/common/participant-controller.service/participant-controller.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/services/common/participant-controller.service/participant-controller.service.ts
@@ -311,9 +311,11 @@ export class ParticipantControllerService extends BaseMeetingControllerService<V
      */
     public async createFromString(name: string): Promise<RawUser> {
         const newUser = this.parseStringIntoUser(name);
+        // we want to generate the username in the backend
+        newUser.username = ``;
         const newUserPayload: any = {
             ...newUser,
-            is_active: true,
+            is_active: false,
             group_ids: [this.activeMeeting?.default_group_id]
         };
         const identifiable = (await this.create(newUserPayload))[0];