diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
index 950c7dfb..639d3528 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ class BaseEntryVariables:
         """
         return self.kwargs(UID)
 
+    @property
+    def uid_sanitized(self: "BaseEntry") -> str:
+        """
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            The sanitized uid of the entry, which is safe to use for Unix and Windows file names.
+        """
+        return sanitize_filename(self.uid)
+
     @property
     def extractor(self: "BaseEntry") -> str:
         """
diff --git a/tests/unit/entries/conftest.py b/tests/unit/entries/conftest.py
index ab9b9e30..610ee599 100644
--- a/tests/unit/entries/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/entries/conftest.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def mock_entry_to_dict(
 ):
     return {
         "uid": uid,
+        "uid_sanitized": uid,
         "title": "entry ｛title｝",
         "title_sanitized": "entry ｛title｝",
         "ext": ext,