Generate a clean URL slug from any text online — free, instant, no login required. Paste a page title or phrase and get a properly formatted, SEO-friendly slug ready to copy in one click.
What this tool does
- Converts any text to a clean, lowercase, hyphen-separated URL slug
- Replaces spaces and special characters with hyphens automatically
- Handles accented characters (é → e, ü → u, ñ → n, ß → ss)
- Removes punctuation, symbols, and consecutive or trailing hyphens
- Updates live as you type — no button press needed
- Works entirely in your browser — nothing is sent to a server
What is a URL slug?
A URL slug is the readable part of a web address that identifies a specific page — for example, my-awesome-blog-post in example.com/blog/my-awesome-blog-post. Good slugs are lowercase, contain only letters, digits, and hyphens, and have no special characters or spaces.
Why slugs matter for SEO
Search engines read URL slugs as a ranking signal. A slug like how-to-bake-bread clearly communicates the page topic to both Google and users. Avoid auto-generated IDs like post-12345 — descriptive slugs improve click-through rates from search results and make links more shareable.
How this tool works
The slug generator converts your input to lowercase, replaces accented characters (é → e, ü → u, ß → ss), strips all punctuation and special characters, then replaces spaces and consecutive hyphens with a single hyphen. Leading and trailing hyphens are also removed. The result updates live as you type.
Best practices for URL slugs
Keep slugs short and descriptive — 3 to 5 meaningful words is ideal. Avoid stop words like "a", "the", and "of" unless they are necessary for readability. Never change a published slug without setting up a 301 redirect, as existing links and search rankings will break.