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How to use
01
Enter your phrase
Type or paste the title, heading, or filename-to-be into the textarea. The output box below rewrites itself immediately, so you can watch the effect of each character.
02
Pick a separator
The Separator field accepts a single character, hyphen by default. Switch to an underscore for filenames or code identifiers, or a dot if your naming convention calls for it.
03
Set casing and copy
Leave the Lowercase checkbox ticked for standard slugs, or untick it to preserve capitals. Then click the copy button beside the Slug label to take the result.
Why Slug Generator
- URL-safe slugs from any text.
- Custom separator (-, _, .).
- Strict mode strips all special chars and unicode.
Common questions
How does the slug generator deal with accented characters?
Accents are transliterated to plain ASCII, so déjà vu becomes deja-vu and Müller becomes muller. Anything the library can't map to a letter gets stripped by strict mode rather than left behind to break a URL or filename.
Can I make slugs with underscores instead of hyphens?
Yes, put an underscore in the Separator field and it replaces spaces everywhere. Underscores are common for Python filenames and database identifiers, while hyphens remain the default for web paths.
Should slugs always be lowercase?
Usually yes, since some servers treat About-Us and about-us as different resources, and lowercase removes that ambiguity. The Lowercase checkbox is ticked by default. Untick it only when casing carries meaning in your identifiers.
Does text to slug conversion remove emoji and symbols?
Strict mode strips characters that have no letter or digit equivalent, so emoji, quotes, and most punctuation simply vanish. The result contains only letters, numbers, and your separator, which is what makes it safe everywhere.
Is a url slug maker also useful for filenames?
Very much. The same rules that make a slug safe in a URL, no spaces, no special characters, one consistent separator, also make it safe in file systems, S3 keys, and command line scripts where spaces cause quoting headaches.
Why does the slug generator collapse several spaces into one separator?
Runs of whitespace are treated as a single word boundary, so double spaces or a stray tab never produce ugly doubled hyphens. You get one separator per gap no matter how messy the source text is.
Can I slugify text online and get the same result every time?
The output is deterministic, the same input with the same settings always yields the same slug. That predictability matters when slugs act as stable identifiers in a CMS or a build script.