Cannot delete 301 redirects

Question

I stupidly made a 301 redirect to websiteA.com on websiteB.com. After removing from the .htaccess file, redirection still works. I tried from outside the local network and it is still being redirected. I cleared my cache and tried a different browser.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

UPDATE:

If I add a 302 redirect to this .htaccess file, the site will appreciate it. When I delete it, the old 301 is still redirecting.

.htaccess file for websiteA.com:

# -- concrete5 urls start -- Options -Indexes <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L] </IfModule> # -- concrete5 urls end -- #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*$ #RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.websiteB\.co\.uk\/" [R=301,L] 

Answer 1

The browser caches 301 Moved Constantly until it is said otherwise. This is the default behavior: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.2 .

To fix this in IE9:

• Open IE9 and press Ctrl + Shift + P for personal viewing.
• Go to the problem url
• Then return to your normal views and everything should be fine.

Answer 2

In Chrome, try visiting a website with the Developer Console open (F12)

Make sure that the "Disable cache" checkbox is selected on the "Network" tab

This will bypass the browser side redirect cache 301.

Answer 3

The persistent redirect cache is probably in the browser
and in most browsers it’s hard to remove it.
But first try using a different browser to make sure that it is.

If the problem is in the browser:
This happened to me before, and clearing the browser data for this website was not enough.
I also realized that there is a trick for every browser.
In Safari (for Mac), I needed to select "Reset Safari ..." (there is no panic, and none of these bookmarks, none of them are deleted). I can’t remember how I did it for Chrome, but was less traumatic.

Lesson
When playing back with forwarding, first use [302].
After everything has been tested normally, change the code to [301]

Answer 4

Just delete the redirect line.

As well as anyone with Google Chrome, follow these steps:

1. Press CTRL + SHIFT + SUPR on your keyboard.
2. Check only → "Files and images stored in the cache"
3. Select "Items Cached With: Past Week"

This will clear your entire cache and everything will be fine.

Answer 5

I know this is an old post, but I spent some time on the Internet and on my server to find the answer.

If you created a .htaccess file with a permanent redirect, the server will copy this redirect to the following file: "/var/.htaccess".

You must edit this file to remove the redirect before clearing the browser cache.

He worked on my Debian Jessie.

Answer 6

Try restarting Apache

(on Ubuntu servers: service apache restart or /etc/init.d/apache2 restart )