Removing the fragment identifier from AngularJS urls (# symbol)
Yes, you should configure $locationProvider and set html5Mode to true:
angular.module('phonecat', []). config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider', function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) { $routeProvider. when('/phones', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-list.html', controller: PhoneListCtrl}). when('/phones/:phoneId', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-detail.html', controller: PhoneDetailCtrl}). otherwise({redirectTo: '/phones'}); $locationProvider.html5Mode(true); }]);
To remove the Hash tag for a pretty URL and also for your code to work after minification you need to structure your code like the example below:
jobApp.config(['$routeProvider','$locationProvider', function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) { $routeProvider. when('/', { templateUrl: 'views/job-list.html', controller: 'JobListController' }). when('/menus', { templateUrl: 'views/job-list.html', controller: 'JobListController' }). when('/menus/:id', { templateUrl: 'views/job-detail.html', controller: 'JobDetailController' }); //you can include a fallback by including .otherwise({ //redirectTo: '/jobs' //}); //check browser support if(window.history && window.history.pushState){ //$locationProvider.html5Mode(true); will cause an error $location in HTML5 mode requires a tag to be present! Unless you set baseUrl tag after head tag like so: <head> <base href="/"> // to know more about setting base URL visit: https://docs.angularjs.org/error/$location/nobase // if you don't wish to set base URL then use this $locationProvider.html5Mode({ enabled: true, requireBase: false }); } }]);