# Turn off Language Slug by default **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** domains-urls, account-settings, content\ **Created:** [June 19, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/turn-off-language-slug-by-default/109672 "2024-06-19T13:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/turn-off-language-slug-by-default/109672/1 "2024-06-19T13:04:08Z")
New users to HubSpot are publishing their website and connecting their DNS, only to find the root domain has a 404 error and the URL with the language slug (e.g. /en-gb) is the only way to reach their site. Removing/updating the language settings after the DNS results in a 404 error until the server cache resets, which further compounds the issue. It would be great if the defaults for language settings would look like this: ![Jnix284_0-1718802038503.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/8/0860d3f6d75eee1dd0d8b0bcd19cab8112029ab0.png) And the user has the option to turn “Use prefix in slug” on, instead of off. This question has come up multiple times in different forms ever since this feature was added ([ex 1](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/Web-address-URL-only-works-with-quot-en-gb-quot/m-p/958461), [ex 2](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/Website-won-t-work-without-en-gb-at-the-end/m-p/994417), [ex 3](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/General-Discussions/URL-not-working/m-p/968951), [ex4](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/HubSpot-website-not-loading-despite-being-connected/m-p/966591), [ex 5](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Blog-Website-Page-Publishing/website-not-displaying-after-updating-DNS/m-p/924570)…) ---
**Author:** ![Jonno\_Price](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jonno_price/32/228842_2.png) [@Jonno\_Price](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jonno_Price)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/turn-off-language-slug-by-default/109672/2 "2024-06-19T13:35:12Z")
Makes perfect sense and hopefully a tweak the product team can implement quickly ---
**Author:** ![THC](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/thc/32/13631_2.png) [@THC](https://community.hubspot.com/u/THC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/turn-off-language-slug-by-default/109672/3 "2024-09-30T10:21:14Z")
Hi @Jnix284 , I hope you are doing well. We have some concerns regarding the language slugs that we would like to remove from our web pages. Specifically, we want to set up separate domains for each of our language variants. Currently, we have our TLDs as .cn, .jp, and .tw. When we switch the domains, the URLs for the language variants look like this: [www.example.cn/zh-cn](http://www.example.cn/zh-cn). However, we want the URL to appear as [www.example.cn](http://www.example.cn). Could you please share your thoughts on how we can resolve this issue? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/turn-off-language-slug-by-default/109672/4 "2024-10-08T11:53:37Z")
@THC this is an idea to improve the functionality for the language settings, since you’re looking for help with how to manage your website langauge settings it would be best to [create a post here](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Marketing-Hub/ct-p/marketing) so your question is visible to everyone and you can get the help you’re looking for. What you are trying to do is possible, feel free to tag me in your post and I can point you in the right direction.