Text to Slug: generate SEO-friendly URL slugs instantly

Convert any title or sentence into a clean, URL-safe slug. Automatically removes special characters and accents. Choose your separator and optionally remove stop words. Everything runs in your browser.

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Private by design. Your text is processed only in this browser using pure vanilla JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded and no external libraries are used.
About this tool

How to use the Text to Slug tool

  1. 1
    Paste your text Paste the title or sentence you want to convert into the input box on the left.
  2. 2
    Choose your options Select your preferred separator (hyphen, underscore, or none). Choose whether to remove accents, force lowercase, or remove stop words.
  3. 3
    Copy the slug The slug is generated instantly on the right. Click "Copy Slug" to save it to your clipboard for your URL.

Special features

Accent removal Converts characters like é, ñ, and ü to e, n, and u using Unicode normalization, ensuring maximum compatibility.
Stop word filtering Automatically removes common filler words like "the", "and", and "of" to focus on your most important keywords.
Custom separators Choose between standard SEO hyphens, traditional underscores, or join words with no separator at all.
Strict sanitization Automatically strips out dangerous or URL-breaking characters like @, #, $, %, and & before generating the slug.
100% private No upload, no account, no analytics, no cookies, no external libraries. Your text stays in the browser.
Offline capable Because the tool is built entirely with vanilla JavaScript, it works completely offline after the page loads.

Frequently asked questions

What is a URL slug?

A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a specific page in a human-readable format. For example, in www.example.com/blog/text-to-slug, the slug is 'text-to-slug'. Slugs are crucial for SEO because search engines use them to understand the content of the page.

Should I use hyphens or underscores in a slug?

Google explicitly recommends using hyphens (-) rather than underscores (_) to separate words in URLs. Google's crawlers treat hyphens as spaces, while underscores join words together. Our tool defaults to hyphens for best SEO results.

What does 'Remove stop words' do?

Stop words are common words like 'a', 'an', 'the', 'and', 'or', 'but', and 'of'. Removing them makes your slug shorter and puts more emphasis on the important keywords in your URL. For example, 'How to Design a Website' becomes 'design-website' instead of 'how-to-design-a-website'.

How are accents and special characters handled?

URLs can only contain a limited set of ASCII characters. When 'Remove accents' is checked, our tool uses Unicode normalization to convert letters like 'é' to 'e', 'ñ' to 'n', and 'ü' to 'u'. Special characters like @, #, $, and % are automatically stripped out.

Is my text safe?

Yes. Your text is processed entirely in your browser. It is never uploaded, stored, or sent anywhere. The tool does not use cookies, analytics, or localStorage.

Does the tool work offline?

Yes. Because the tool is built entirely with vanilla JavaScript, it works completely offline after the page loads.