Slug Generator
Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug.
Slug
What Is the Slug Generator?
How Is the Slug Generator Calculated?
Accented characters are converted to their plain equivalent (é → e, ñ → n), the text is optionally lowercased, and every run of characters that isn't a letter or digit (spaces, punctuation, symbols) is collapsed into a single separator, with any separator at the very start or end removed.
Slug Generator Example
"Café Münchën — 10 Tips & Tricks!" becomes cafe-munchen-10-tips-tricks with a hyphen separator, or cafe_munchen_10_tips_tricks with an underscore.
How to Use the Slug Generator
Step 1
Type or paste your text — the slug updates live below.
Step 2
Choose a hyphen or underscore separator.
Step 3
Toggle lowercase on or off depending on your needs.
Step 4
Click Copy to copy the generated slug.
Benefits
- Handles accented and non-English characters automatically, not just plain ASCII text.
- Updates live as you type, with no button to click.
- Processes everything locally in your browser — your text is never sent anywhere.
Common Slug Generator Scenarios
Scenario 1
Generating a URL path segment from a blog post or article title.
Scenario 2
Creating a clean filename from a document title.
Scenario 3
Building a consistent ID or key from a product or category name.
Understanding Your Result
The result contains only letters, digits, and your chosen separator — safe to use directly in a URL path without further encoding, and free of leading or trailing separators.
Tips
- Hyphens are the more common convention for URL slugs; underscores are more common for filenames or code identifiers.
- Keep lowercase on for URLs — most web servers treat paths as case-sensitive, and lowercase avoids inconsistency.
- Very long titles produce very long slugs — consider trimming to the key words if you want a shorter URL.
Common Mistakes
- Expecting numbers or hyphens already in the text to be removed — only non-alphanumeric characters are replaced, digits and letters are kept.
- Mixing separators inconsistently across a site's URLs — pick one convention (hyphen is most common) and stick with it.
- Forgetting that accented characters are converted to their closest plain-ASCII equivalent, not removed entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my text sent anywhere?
No, the slug is generated entirely locally in your browser using JavaScript — nothing is sent to a server.
Why use hyphens instead of underscores?
Search engines and most web frameworks treat hyphens as word separators in URLs, while underscores are sometimes treated as part of a single word — hyphens are the more common SEO-friendly choice.
Does this handle non-English text?
Yes — accented Latin characters (like é, ñ, ü) are converted to their plain equivalent; characters outside the Latin alphabet (e.g. Chinese or Arabic script) are removed since they don't map to a plain ASCII slug.
Can the slug be empty?
Yes, if the input contains no letters or digits at all (e.g. only punctuation or unsupported script) — enter some alphanumeric text to generate a non-empty slug.
Why are slugs important for URLs?
Clean, readable slugs improve both user experience (URLs are easier to read and share) and SEO, since search engines can extract meaningful keywords from a well-formed URL slug.
Can I choose a different separator, like underscore instead of hyphen?
Check the tool's options — many slug generators default to hyphens (the SEO-recommended standard) but may offer alternative separators if needed.
Does this remove stop words like 'a' or 'the'?
Typically no — most slug generators preserve all words and only handle formatting (lowercase, special characters, spacing), unless a specific stop-word removal feature is included.
How are numbers handled in a slug?
Numbers are generally preserved as-is in a slug, since they're already URL-safe characters that don't need special encoding.
Can two different pieces of text generate the same slug?
Yes — if two titles are similar enough after lowercasing and removing special characters, they can produce identical slugs, which is why many systems append a unique identifier when slug collisions are possible.
Important Information
Text is converted to a slug locally in your browser and is never sent to a server.
Last updated: August 1, 2026