How to Redirect www or Non-www URLs with .htaccess via cPanel?

For your domain, you may make users switch from www to non-www URLs and vice versa. You may put a directive in the.htaccess file as a cPanel user to redirect from www to non-www URLs or the other way around.

To Redirect www to Non-www URLs with .htaccess

1. Log in to your cPanel account.

2. Create/edit .htaccess file in the document root of your domain via File Manager.

3. Add this code at the end of the file:

# Redirect www URLs to non-www URLs - like http://www.yourdomain.com to http://yourdomain.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.yourdomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

4. Click on Save Changes and Close.

To Redirect Non-www to www URLs with .htaccess

1. Log in to your cPanel account.

2. Create/edit .htaccess file in the document root of your domain via File Manager.

3. Add this code at the end of the file:

# Redirect non-www URLs to www URLs - like http://yourdomain.com to http://www.yourdomain.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

4. Click on Save Changes and Close.

Note: If a redirection directive is already mentioned in the .htaccess file, you will have to replace it to change the redirection target.