What is a slug generator?

A slug generator converts any text into a URL-friendly string. It removes punctuation, lowercases the result, replaces spaces with a separator and handles accented characters. For example a headline like 10 Best Tools For Developers! becomes 10-best-tools-for-developers.

How do I create a slug from a title?

Type or paste the title into the input box and the slug appears instantly in the output field. With the default options it is lowercased, spaces become dashes, punctuation is stripped and leading or trailing numbers are removed. Click Copy to grab the result.

How are accented characters handled?

The text is decomposed into Unicode base letters and combining marks, and the marks are removed. That turns café into cafe and crème brûlée into creme-brulee, producing clean ASCII slugs instead of dropping the words or emitting question marks.

What does the Trim numbers option do?

It removes number tokens at the start and end of the slug. For 10 Best Online Tools In 2025! it drops the leading 10 and trailing 2025, giving best-online-tools-in. Numbers in the middle of the slug are kept regardless.

Should I use dashes or underscores in a slug?

For public URLs, dashes are the safer default. Search engines and analytics treat words joined by dashes as separate words, while underscores join them into a single token. Underscores remain useful for internal identifiers and database-style keys.

Is my text sent to a server?

No. Slug generation happens entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is transmitted, stored or logged, which makes the tool safe to use with unpublished article titles and internal product names.

Why does the slug become empty for some inputs?

If the input contains only characters that are stripped — such as emoji or non-Latin scripts — nothing is left to join, so the result is empty. Non-Latin text must be transliterated to Latin before it can be slugged by this tool.

Does the tool make slugs unique?

No. Two identical titles produce identical slugs, and the tool does not append counters or identifiers. If your content needs unique URLs, your application must add deduplication such as appending -2 to repeated slugs.

Can I keep the original case in a slug?

Yes. Uncheck the Lowercase option and the cleaned text keeps its case. Be aware that URL paths can be case-sensitive depending on the server, so keeping case can produce two URLs for one page. Lowercase is the recommended default.

What makes a good URL slug for SEO?

A good slug is short, descriptive and lowercase, uses hyphens between words, and contains the page's primary keyword. For example, "best-coffee-grinders" is more useful to search engines and users than "article-4872". Hyphens are preferred over underscores because they read as word separators.

Can the generator handle non-English characters?

Yes. The generator transliterates common non-ASCII characters to their closest ASCII equivalents, so accented letters become plain ones, and any characters that cannot be converted are removed. The result is a clean, URL-safe slug.

Should a slug change when a page is republished?

Keep the slug stable once a page is indexed. Changing it breaks old links and resets any ranking the URL had earned. If a rename is unavoidable, set up a redirect from the old slug to the new one.

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Slug Generator

Generate SEO-friendly URL slugs from any text instantly with separator and formatting options.

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About Slug Generator

Slug Generator - Create Clean URLs Free

Turn any title or phrase into a clean, SEO-friendly URL slug with our free Slug Generator. It strips punctuation, handles accented characters, and lets you choose lowercase, separators, and number trimming — all in real time.

Why Use Our Slug Generator?

Instant Generation — Updates as you type
SEO Ready — Removes stop characters
Flexible Separator — Dashes or underscores
Number Trimming — Optional digit removal
Free & Private — Text never leaves your browser

How to Generate a URL Slug

Type or paste your title or phrase
Choose the formatting options
Copy the ready-to-use slug

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