# How to Use the Redirect Tool in cPanel

This tutorial will how you how to use the **Redirects** tool which will allow you to redirect your domain names.

- 301 or 302 Redirect
- Url to Redirect
- Destination URL
- WWW Redirect options
- Wild Card Redirect

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1. Login to your cPanel account.
2. Click the **Domains** tab, near the top of the page.

##### 301 OR 302 REDIRECT

From the **add redirect** menu, you will need to choose which type of redirect to use.

- **Permanent 301:** A 301 redirect will update the visitors bookmarks and direct search engines to the new site.
- **Temporary 302:** A 302 redirect will redirect the visitor or search engine, but will not update the bookmark and the search engine will continue to index to the original page.

##### URL TO REDIRECT

1. Choose your domain name you would like to redirect, using the drop-down menu.
2. If you would like to redirect a single page or directory; you can use the text field following the drop-down menu to enter the name of the folder or file.

##### DESTINATION URL

Enter the full URL of the page you will be redirecting to in the **“redirects to ->”** text field.  
**Note:** You need to enter the protocol as well, e.g. http://, https:// or ftp://

##### WWW REDIRECT OPTIONS

Select if you will be redirecting **www.** or not.

- **Only redirect with www. –** This option will only redirect visitors that use www. as part of the URL
- **Redirect with or without www. –** This option will redirect all visitors.
- **Do Not Redirect www. –** This option will not redirect visitors that use www. as part of the URL
- **Wild Card Redirect –** Click the **“Wild Card Redirect’** if you would like to redirect to the same file on the new destination.

Click the **“Add”** button to create the redirect.