A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a page in readable form, like /my-blog-post. Slugs are lowercase with hyphens between words.

How do I convert text to a slug?

Paste your text and click a slug format button. The tool lowercases everything, removes special characters, and replaces spaces.

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Text to Slug

Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug.

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Free online text to slug converter

Convert any text into a clean, URL-friendly slug. Strips special characters, lowercases everything, and replaces spaces with hyphens, underscores, or dots. Perfect for blog URLs, file names, and database identifiers.

How to generate a URL slug

Three slug formats

Hyphen slugs (my-blog-post) are the standard for URLs and SEO
Underscore slugs (my_blog_post) work for file names and database columns
Dot slugs (my.blog.post) are useful for package names and namespaces

What makes a good URL slug?

Good slugs are lowercase, use hyphens between words, have no special characters, and are short enough to read at a glance. This tool handles accented characters by converting them to ASCII equivalents.

SEO and URL slugs

Search engines prefer short, descriptive URLs with hyphens. A clean slug like /free-case-converter ranks better than /page?id=12345.

Frequently asked questions

A URL slug is the part of a web address that identifies a page in readable form, like /my-blog-post.

Paste your text and click a slug format. The tool lowercases, removes special characters, and replaces spaces.

Completely free. No ads, no signup, no tracking.