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UUID v4 Generator

Create random version 4 UUIDs from your browser's secure random number generator, one at a time or in bulk.

Uppercase No hyphens Braces urn:uuid: prefix Output Namespace Name

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How to Use

A fresh v4 UUID is generated as soon as the page loads.
Set the count to create up to 1,000 at once.
Choose uppercase, no hyphens, braces or the urn:uuid: prefix if your system expects them.
Pick an output format (lines, JSON, CSV or SQL) and copy or download the result.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a version 4 UUID?

A 128-bit identifier in which 122 bits are random. The remaining bits mark the version (the 4 at the start of the third group) and the variant.

Can two v4 UUIDs collide?

In theory, yes; in practice, no. You would need to generate about 2.7 quintillion UUIDs to reach a 50 percent chance of a single duplicate.

Are these UUIDs secure?

They come from crypto.getRandomValues, the browser's cryptographically secure generator. They are unpredictable, but a UUID is an identifier, not a password or access token.

Is a GUID the same as a UUID v4?

A GUID is Microsoft's name for a UUID. Guid.NewGuid() in .NET creates a random version 4 value, so yes in practice.

Generate Random Version 4 UUIDs

Updated September 24, 2026 · By Saman

Version 4 is the UUID most people mean when they say "a UUID". It carries no timestamp, no machine address and no name, just 122 random bits, which makes it easy to generate anywhere without coordination: in a browser, on a phone, or in a thousand servers at once.

This page opens the UUID Generator with version 4 selected and a first UUID already generated.

Anatomy of a v4 UUID

Take f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479. The 4 that starts the third group is the version. The first digit of the fourth group, here a, is always 8, 9, a or b, because its top two bits hold the variant. Every other hex digit is random.

How unlikely is a collision?

UUIDs generated	Chance of any duplicate
1 billion (10^9)	about 1 in 10 quintillion
1 trillion (10^12)	about 1 in 10 trillion
2.7 quintillion (2.7 × 10^18)	about 50%

These figures assume a good random source. That is why this generator uses crypto.getRandomValues rather than Math.random, which is not designed for uniqueness guarantees.

v4 or v7?

Random UUIDs scatter new rows across a database index, which can slow inserts on very large tables. If your UUIDs are primary keys in a busy database, consider UUID v7, which starts with a timestamp so new values sort in order. For tokens, correlation IDs and file names, v4 remains the simple default.

Generating v4 in code

JavaScript: crypto.randomUUID()
Python: import uuid; uuid.uuid4()
Java: UUID.randomUUID()
C#: Guid.NewGuid()
PostgreSQL 13+: gen_random_uuid()
Linux shell: cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid

If your platform calls them GUIDs and wants braces or uppercase, the GUID Generator page has those options switched on.

Guides

UUID vs GUID: What Is Actually Different GUID is Microsoft's name for a UUID. The differences you meet in practice are text formatting, byte order when the value is stored as 16 bytes, and SQL Server's sort order. UUID vs ULID vs Nano ID vs Auto-Increment IDs Five common ID schemes compared on what matters in practice: size, ordering, collision odds, database behaviour and what an ID gives away.