How to do redirect specific url to another url using htaccess file

301 Redirect Htaccess Rules

The .htaccess file or Hypertext Access file, is a configuration text file that controls the directory and any subdirectories located on an Apache webserver. 

How do redirect a single page to another url?

Redirect 301 /page.php http://www.urlname.com/page.html

How to do redirect an entire site or domain to another url?

Redirect 301 / http://www.urlname.com/

How to do redirect an entire site to a sub directory url ?

Redirect 301 / http://www.urlname.com/subfolder/

How to do redirect a sub directory to a another website?

Redirect 301 /subfolder http://www.urlname.com/

How to do redirect a file extension but retain the page name?

Example: If you want a .html extension to use the same filename but use the .php extension.

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ http://www.urlname.com$1.php

How to do use rewriting to redirect from an old domain to a new domain?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newurlname.com/$1 [R=301,L]

How to do use rewriting to redirect from a non-www to a www subdomain?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
rewritecond %{http_host} ^urlname.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.urlname.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

How to do use rewriting to redirect a domain to a www location with a subdirectory?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} urlname.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.urlname.com/directory/index.html [R=301,NC]

How to do use rewriting to redirect from an old domain to a new domain that includes the full path and query string?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.urlname.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]

How to do use rewriting to redirect from an old domain with a subdirectory to a new domain without the subdirectory but include the full path and query string?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/subdirname/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.urlname.com/%1 [R=302,NC]

How to do rewrite and redirect URLs with query parameters with files placed in a root directory?

Example: The original URL being http://www.website.com/index.php?id=3 and the new URL being http://www.website.com/path-to-new-location/

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=3
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /path-to-new-location/? [L,R=301]

How to do redirect URLs with query parameters and place files in a subdirectory?

Example: The original URL being http://www.website.com/sub-dir/index.php?id=3 and the new page being http://www.website.com/path-to-new-location/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=3
RewriteRule ^sub-dir/index\.php$ /path-to-new-location/? [L,R=301]

How to do redirect a site to HTTPS from HTTP to eliminate duplicate content?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

How to do redirect a site from HTTP to HTTPS to eliminate duplicate content?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

How to do remove an index.html or index.php and redirect to the root?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php HTTP [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)index.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.html HTTP [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)index.html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

How to do rewrite and redirect URLs with query parameters to a directory-based structure while retaining the query string in the URL root level?

Example: The original URL being http://www.website.com/index.php?id=100 and the new page being http://www.website.com/100/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/d]+)/?$ index.php?id=$1 [QSA]

How to do rewrite URLs with a query parameter to a directory-based structure while retaining query string parameters in the URL subdirectory?

Example: The original URL is http://www.website.com/index.php?category=fish and the new page being http://www.website.com/category/fish/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?category/([^/d]+)/?$ index.php?category=$1 [L,QSA]

How to do redirect an old website to a new domain and retain the URL path?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^urlname-old\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.urlname-new.com/$1 [R=301,L]
If you do not want to pass the path to the new domain, change the last line to:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.urlname-new.com/ [R=301,L]

How to do rewrite and add a trailing slash to URLs without one?

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$ 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.urlname.com/$1/ [R=301,L]

How to do redirect from a blog subdomain to a blog folder?

Example: Redirect blog.oldsite.com to www.newsite.com/blog/

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}/ blog
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.surlname.com/%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.urlname.com/blog/%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]

How to do redirect one directory to another?

Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)/old-directory/(.*)$ $1/new-directory/$2 [R,L]