Generic htaccess redirect www to non-www

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

Same as Michael's except this one works :P

But if we need to do this for separate http and https:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R]

The RewriteCond captures everything in the HTTP_HOST variable after the www. and saves it in %1.

The RewriteRule captures the URL without the leading / and saves it in $1.

Try this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^www\.(.*)$ http://$1 [L,R=301]

If the host starts with www, we stick the whole host onto the start of the URL, then take off the "www."

There can be a lot of misinformation out there about htaccess redirects, I find. First off, make sure your site is running on Unix using Apache and not on a Windows host if you expect this code to work.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L] 

(Make sure there are no line spaces between each line of text, though; I have added an extra space between lines so it renders okay in this window.)

This is one snippet of code that can be used to direct the www version of your site to the http:// version. There are other similar codes that can be used, too.

Using .htaccess to Redirect to www or non-www:

Simply put the following lines of code into your main, root .htaccess file. In both cases, just change out domain.com to your own hostname.

Redirect to www

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.tld [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.tld/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

Redirect to non-www

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.tld [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.tld/$1 [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

Alternative approach if .htaccess customization is not ideal option:

I've created simple redirect server for public use. Just add A or CNAME record:

CNAME   r.simpleredirect.net
A       89.221.218.22

More info: https://simpleredirect.net

Added if localhost, ignore redirection (for development purpose in local environment). If not localhost AND (not https OR it’s www), redirect to https and non-www.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !localhost [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]