URL Slug Generator

Convert titles and phrases into SEO-friendly, URL-safe slugs.

How to Use URL Slug Generator

  1. Type or paste your title.
  2. Choose a hyphen or underscore separator.
  3. Tick Remove Numbers or Remove Stopwords if you want a shorter slug.
  4. Copy the slug.

What makes a good slug

A slug is the readable part of a URL after the domain, like /free-pdf-tools. Good slugs are short, lowercase and made of real words separated by hyphens. Google treats hyphens as word separators, which is why hyphens are generally recommended over underscores for web addresses.

The generator lowercases your text, turns accented letters into plain ones (café becomes cafe), removes apostrophes so don't becomes dont, and turns any other symbols and spaces into single separators with none at the start or end. 'My Top 10 Tools & Tips!' becomes my-top-10-tools-tips.

Stop words and numbers

Remove Stopwords drops small words such as a, an, the, and, or, in, on, to and for, giving shorter slugs like 10-best-tools instead of the-10-best-tools. Use it with care; sometimes those words carry meaning. Remove Numbers is handy for evergreen posts, where a slug like best-pdf-tools ages better than best-pdf-tools-2026.

Letters outside the basic Latin alphabet, such as Hindi or Chinese, are removed, since many systems expect plain ASCII slugs.

Key Features & Practical Use Cases

  • Creating a clean URL for a blog post or product page from its title.
  • Making consistent file or folder names from headings.
  • Generating IDs or anchor names for documentation sections.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I use hyphens or underscores?

Hyphens for web URLs; Google reads them as spaces between words. Underscores suit file names and code.

Does it handle accented characters?

Yes. Accents are removed, so résumé becomes resume.

Should I change slugs on pages that are already published?

Only if you redirect the old URL to the new one, otherwise links and rankings to the old address are lost.

Is there a length limit?

No, but shorter slugs are easier to read and share. Three to five words is a good target.

About OneClickly

OneClickly is a set of 119 free tools for PDFs, images, text, everyday math and code. They run in your browser, so the files and text you work with stay on your device.

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