# How to change directory
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362 "2018-07-14T18:18:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/1 "2018-07-14T18:18:08Z")
Hello,
My site uses Japanese by default.
I wanted to change the permalink of the URL, I asked a question this time.
It is now like …/t/topic/16(article number), and is it possible to make it like ../16?
Or is it possible to make …/t/16?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/2 "2018-07-17T03:14:11Z")
Currently it is not possible remove the slug entirely.
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/3 "2018-07-17T07:34:13Z")
So, I can not change the topic page URL to …/t/(topic\_id) and …/(topic\_id), right?
Is it impossible to make the topic URL of my site be …/t/(title\_name), like the topic URL ../t/(title\_name) of [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org)?
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/4 "2018-07-17T07:40:52Z")
Yes.
> [@zyouchi](#):
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> Is it impossible to make the topic URL of my site be …/t/(title\_name)
`…/t/(title_name)/(topic_id)` is possible by changing the `slug generation method` site setting to “encoded”. Then the Japanese characters will be included in the topic slugs.
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### Author:  [@zyouchi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zyouchi)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/5 "2018-07-17T08:54:17Z")
Thank you @vinothkannans
There are two questions about the directory when selecting ascii in the slug generation method.
One thing is about not displaying any content on `.../t`/. Is it possible to display a list of topics here?
The second is about displaying randomly selected topic page when opening `.../t/topic/`. Is it possible to display a list of topics here?
(Also, I do not know why `../t/topic/` is generated again in the hierarchy below `.../t/`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-directory/92362/6 "2021-02-15T00:59:20Z")