Remove the hash symbol from URL

Question

how can I remove the hash symbol in a url?

I have www.foobar.com/#test I want now www.foobar.com/test .

Is this a stupid idea or have it now bad results?

Cheers

Answer 1

You could use pushState() like this :

window.history.pushState(null, "", window.location.href.replace("#", "")) ;

This will remove the hash, without reloading the page.