The paper introduces a novel design for replaceable links, which incorporates strategically placed slits in the web to reduce the bearing capacity of the link. This design innovation ensures localized plastic deformation within the link, facilitating disassembly and replacement after earthquake. Two types of steel materials, Q235 steel, and LYP160 steel, are employed in constructing the replaceable links. Three replaceable links with slit web were designed according to the material properties of the steel and the number of slits and were subjected to cyclic loading tests. The test results show that the primary failure modes of the link include web failure between slits, torsional deformation of the web between slits, slight buckling of flanges and stiffeners, and web tearing. The material overstrength coefficients of the three specimens range from 0.83 – 1.41, and the overstrength coefficients due to strain hardening range from 1.08 – 2.49, with a maximum plastic rotation reaching up to 0.16 rad.