diff --git a/src/modules/random/index.ts b/src/modules/random/index.ts
index a95b44ab887..57783c9bbf8 100644
--- a/src/modules/random/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/random/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Faker } from '../..';
 import { FakerError } from '../../errors/faker-error';
 import { deprecated } from '../../internal/deprecated';
+import type { LiteralUnion } from '../../utils/types';
 
 export type Casing = 'upper' | 'lower' | 'mixed';
 
@@ -8,6 +9,77 @@ const UPPER_CHARS: readonly string[] = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.split('');
 const LOWER_CHARS: readonly string[] = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.split('');
 const DIGIT_CHARS: readonly string[] = '0123456789'.split('');
 
+export type LowerAlphaChar =
+  | 'a'
+  | 'b'
+  | 'c'
+  | 'd'
+  | 'e'
+  | 'f'
+  | 'g'
+  | 'h'
+  | 'i'
+  | 'j'
+  | 'k'
+  | 'l'
+  | 'm'
+  | 'n'
+  | 'o'
+  | 'p'
+  | 'q'
+  | 'r'
+  | 's'
+  | 't'
+  | 'u'
+  | 'v'
+  | 'w'
+  | 'x'
+  | 'y'
+  | 'z';
+
+export type UpperAlphaChar =
+  | 'A'
+  | 'B'
+  | 'C'
+  | 'D'
+  | 'E'
+  | 'F'
+  | 'G'
+  | 'H'
+  | 'I'
+  | 'J'
+  | 'K'
+  | 'L'
+  | 'M'
+  | 'N'
+  | 'O'
+  | 'P'
+  | 'Q'
+  | 'R'
+  | 'S'
+  | 'T'
+  | 'U'
+  | 'V'
+  | 'W'
+  | 'X'
+  | 'Y'
+  | 'Z';
+
+export type NumericChar =
+  | '0'
+  | '1'
+  | '2'
+  | '3'
+  | '4'
+  | '5'
+  | '6'
+  | '7'
+  | '8'
+  | '9';
+
+export type AlphaChar = LowerAlphaChar | UpperAlphaChar;
+export type AlphaNumericChar = AlphaChar | NumericChar;
+
 /**
  * Method to reduce array of characters.
  *
@@ -172,7 +244,7 @@ export class Random {
            */
           upcase?: boolean;
           casing?: Casing;
-          bannedChars?: readonly string[];
+          bannedChars?: readonly LiteralUnion<AlphaChar>[] | string;
         } = {}
   ): string {
     if (typeof options === 'number') {
@@ -180,7 +252,13 @@ export class Random {
         count: options,
       };
     }
-    const { count = 1, upcase, bannedChars = [] } = options;
+
+    const { count = 1, upcase } = options;
+    let { bannedChars = [] } = options;
+
+    if (typeof bannedChars === 'string') {
+      bannedChars = bannedChars.split('');
+    }
 
     if (count <= 0) {
       return '';
@@ -244,7 +322,7 @@ export class Random {
     count: number = 1,
     options: {
       casing?: Casing;
-      bannedChars?: readonly string[];
+      bannedChars?: readonly LiteralUnion<AlphaNumericChar>[] | string;
     } = {}
   ): string {
     if (count <= 0) {
@@ -254,8 +332,12 @@ export class Random {
     const {
       // Switch to 'mixed' with v8.0
       casing = 'lower',
-      bannedChars = [],
     } = options;
+    let { bannedChars = [] } = options;
+
+    if (typeof bannedChars === 'string') {
+      bannedChars = bannedChars.split('');
+    }
 
     let charsArray = [...DIGIT_CHARS];
 
@@ -304,14 +386,19 @@ export class Random {
     length: number = 1,
     options: {
       allowLeadingZeros?: boolean;
-      bannedDigits?: readonly string[];
+      bannedDigits?: readonly LiteralUnion<NumericChar>[] | string;
     } = {}
   ): string {
     if (length <= 0) {
       return '';
     }
 
-    const { allowLeadingZeros = false, bannedDigits = [] } = options;
+    const { allowLeadingZeros = false } = options;
+    let { bannedDigits = [] } = options;
+
+    if (typeof bannedDigits === 'string') {
+      bannedDigits = bannedDigits.split('');
+    }
 
     const allowedDigits = DIGIT_CHARS.filter(
       (digit) => !bannedDigits.includes(digit)
diff --git a/test/random.spec.ts b/test/random.spec.ts
index 3ff24ff7558..fc57ca435b0 100644
--- a/test/random.spec.ts
+++ b/test/random.spec.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ describe('random', () => {
           expect(actual).toMatch(/^[b-oq-z]{5}$/);
         });
 
+        it('should be able to ban some characters via string', () => {
+          const actual = faker.random.alpha({
+            count: 5,
+            bannedChars: 'ap',
+          });
+
+          expect(actual).toHaveLength(5);
+          expect(actual).toMatch(/^[b-oq-z]{5}$/);
+        });
+
         it('should be able handle mistake in banned characters array', () => {
           const alphaText = faker.random.alpha({
             count: 5,
@@ -296,6 +306,18 @@ describe('random', () => {
           }
         });
 
+        it('should be able to ban all alphabetic characters via string', () => {
+          const bannedChars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
+          const alphaText = faker.random.alphaNumeric(5, {
+            bannedChars,
+          });
+
+          expect(alphaText).toHaveLength(5);
+          for (const bannedChar of bannedChars) {
+            expect(alphaText).not.includes(bannedChar);
+          }
+        });
+
         it('should be able to ban all numeric characters', () => {
           const bannedChars = '0123456789'.split('');
           const alphaText = faker.random.alphaNumeric(5, {
@@ -308,6 +330,18 @@ describe('random', () => {
           }
         });
 
+        it('should be able to ban all numeric characters via string', () => {
+          const bannedChars = '0123456789';
+          const alphaText = faker.random.alphaNumeric(5, {
+            bannedChars,
+          });
+
+          expect(alphaText).toHaveLength(5);
+          for (const bannedChar of bannedChars) {
+            expect(alphaText).not.includes(bannedChar);
+          }
+        });
+
         it('should be able to handle mistake in banned characters array', () => {
           const alphaText = faker.random.alphaNumeric(5, {
             bannedChars: ['a', 'p', 'a'],
@@ -330,6 +364,15 @@ describe('random', () => {
           );
         });
 
+        it('should throw if all possible characters being banned via string', () => {
+          const bannedChars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+          expect(() =>
+            faker.random.alphaNumeric(5, {
+              bannedChars,
+            })
+          ).toThrowError();
+        });
+
         it('should not mutate the input object', () => {
           const input: {
             bannedChars: string[];
@@ -395,6 +438,15 @@ describe('random', () => {
           expect(actual).toBe('0000');
         });
 
+        it('should allow leading zeros via option and all other digits banned via string', () => {
+          const actual = faker.random.numeric(4, {
+            allowLeadingZeros: true,
+            bannedDigits: '123456789',
+          });
+
+          expect(actual).toBe('0000');
+        });
+
         it('should fail on leading zeros via option and all other digits banned', () => {
           expect(() =>
             faker.random.numeric(4, {
@@ -408,6 +460,19 @@ describe('random', () => {
           );
         });
 
+        it('should fail on leading zeros via option and all other digits banned via string', () => {
+          expect(() =>
+            faker.random.numeric(4, {
+              allowLeadingZeros: false,
+              bannedDigits: '123456789',
+            })
+          ).toThrowError(
+            new FakerError(
+              'Unable to generate numeric string, because all possible digits are banned.'
+            )
+          );
+        });
+
         it('should ban all digits passed via bannedDigits', () => {
           const actual = faker.random.numeric(1000, {
             bannedDigits: 'c84U1'.split(''),
@@ -416,6 +481,15 @@ describe('random', () => {
           expect(actual).toHaveLength(1000);
           expect(actual).toMatch(/^[0235679]{1000}$/);
         });
+
+        it('should ban all digits passed via bannedDigits via string', () => {
+          const actual = faker.random.numeric(1000, {
+            bannedDigits: 'c84U1',
+          });
+
+          expect(actual).toHaveLength(1000);
+          expect(actual).toMatch(/^[0235679]{1000}$/);
+        });
       });
     });
   });