URL Slug Cleaner

About this tool

Paste a messy slug or URL fragment and get a tidy, SEO-friendly version: lowercase, single hyphens, no leading/trailing dashes, no special characters.

Example

Input: My--Messy__Slug!!.html

Output: my-messy-slug-html

How to use

Paste or type your text into the box above, then read or copy the result. Everything runs privately in your browser, your text is never uploaded to a server.

How to use this tool

1. Paste a messy URL slug or title fragment into the input box.
2. Choose the cleaning options you want, such as removing stop words or special characters if available.
3. Review the cleaned slug in the output area.
4. Copy the result and use it in your URL path.

Step by step, what happens

1. The tool reads your pasted text and treats it as a slug candidate, not as a full webpage URL.
2. It converts letters to lowercase so the result follows a consistent URL style.
3. It removes repeated hyphens, trims hyphens from the start and end, and strips special characters that do not belong in a slug.
4. If stop word removal is enabled, it drops common filler words to make the slug shorter and cleaner.
5. It returns a tidy slug that is easier to read and better suited for SEO friendly URLs.

Worked example

Here is a common example where a copied title has spaces, uppercase letters, and extra punctuation.

Input: Best-Selling: Developer Tools!!

1. The tool trims the surrounding spaces and normalizes the text to lowercase.
2. It removes the colon, exclamation marks, and any other special characters.
3. It replaces separators with single hyphens and removes any extra hyphens at the edges.

Tips and common mistakes

• Paste only the slug or title fragment you want cleaned, not the full domain name.
• If your input already has hyphens, watch for repeated hyphens that should be collapsed into one.
• Remove stop words only when you want a shorter slug, because dropping them can change the meaning a little.
• If you need the slug to stay human readable, keep important words in the input and let the tool handle the formatting.

Frequently asked questions