# About permalinks

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/about-permalinks/3589>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/about-permalinks/3589 "2019-11-13T05:14:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![leela52452](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/leela52452/32/1949_2.png) [@leela52452](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/leela52452)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/about-permalinks/3589/1 "2019-11-13T05:14:47Z")

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my present config:  
`permalink: /:categories/:year/:month/:day/:title`

my desired config:  
`permalink: /:title `

does my desired config will work properly ?

can i avoid using yy/mm/dd in post or page title and front matter

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/about-permalinks/3589/2 "2019-11-13T06:12:55Z")

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Everything you need to know about `permalinks` in Jekyll is documented here:

> **[Permalinks](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/permalinks/)**
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> Permalinks are the output path for your pages, posts, or collections. They allow you to structure the directories of your source code different from the directories in your output.