Documented Cloudflare Redirect Rules to 301 www to the apex (non-www) domain. | Dev Logs

Date: 2026-01-11 10:55 Summary: Documented Cloudflare Redirect Rules to 301 www to the apex (non-www) domain.

[question] how cloudfare setting: www domain 301 redirect to none www domain

[try to solve] Prefer Cloudflare Redirect Rules to permanently redirect www.example.com to example.com, preserving path and query string.

Prerequisites

• DNS: www must resolve (usually CNAME www → example.com or A/AAAA), proxied (orange cloud) so redirect rules apply.
• SSL/TLS: HTTPS available (typically Full or Full (strict)).

A. Redirect Rules (recommended)

1. Cloudflare Dashboard → site → Rules → Redirect Rules.
2. Create rule.
3. When incoming requests match…

• Field: Hostname
• Operator: equals
• Value: www.example.com

4. Then…

• Action: Static redirect
• URL: https://example.com/$1
• Status: 301
• Preserve query string (or equivalent)
• Preserve path / Dynamic as needed so the original path is kept (UI labels vary; goal is keep path).

5. Save and place the rule early (above other rewrite/redirect rules).

B. Bulk Redirects (optional, many mappings)

1. Rules → Bulk Redirects → Create.
2. List entries such as:

• Source: http://www.example.com/* and https://www.example.com/*
• Target: https://example.com/$1
• Status: 301

3. Create and enable the Bulk Redirect rule.

Self-test: https://www.example.com/some/path?x=1 should 301 to https://example.com/some/path?x=1.