Slugify a String
Create an SEO-friendly URL from a string. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Slugify a String
- 1. Paste the title or phrase. Enter the heading, product name, or article title you want turned into a URL-safe slug. Slugify a String lowercases it, strips accents, and removes punctuation automatically.
- 2. Choose the Separator. Set the Separator to a hyphen for the conventional web-friendly format, or an underscore if your routing or file naming scheme expects one instead. Spaces in the input become this separator.
- 3. Copy the slug. Copy the resulting lowercase, separator-joined string and use it as a URL path segment, a file name, or a database key derived from the original title.
When to use Slugify a String
Slugify a String converts any human-readable title into the compact, lowercase, hyphen-joined format used in URLs. It strips accented characters, punctuation, and casing so the result is safe to drop straight into a route.
- Generating a blog post URL. You just wrote a post titled with capital letters, an exclamation point, and an accented word, and your CMS needs a clean slug like the-post-title for the permalink.
- Naming exported files consistently. A batch export script needs to turn each row's product name into a safe file name. Slugifying each title first avoids spaces, quotes, and accents that break file systems.
- Building anchor links for a table of contents. A documentation page needs id attributes derived from each heading so in-page links work. Slugifying each heading text gives you the matching anchor id.
- Normalizing tags for a database key. User-entered category names include mixed case and accented letters, but you want one canonical key per category. Slugifying each name collapses variants into a consistent identifier.
Examples
Slugify a string
Input
Héllo, World!
Output
hello-world
About the Slugify a String tool
Slugify a String is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Create an SEO-friendly URL from a string. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 159 String utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with the Separator setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every keystroke is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Slugify a String cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.