Redirecting an additional cPanel domain to another website

Confirm you control the source domain and that it reaches this hosting account. HTTPS visitors need a working certificate on the source before its redirect can be read. Decide whether paths should be preserved and whether the move is temporary or permanent.

1. Open Redirects in cPanel and select the specific additional domain as the source. Avoid choosing every domain unless that broad scope is intentional.
2. Choose a temporary redirect while testing, or a permanent redirect for a settled move. Enter the complete destination URL, including https://.
3. Review the www options and any wildcard/path-preservation setting. A path-preserving redirect needs matching paths on the destination site.
4. Add the rule and test the bare domain, www variant and a representative internal URL. Check the final address and whether the page exists there.

Use a private browser window or a fresh HTTP request to avoid a cached permanent redirect masking the current rule. Confirm there is no loop between the old and new sites.

If the redirect fails, check source DNS, SSL and any application or CDN redirects that run earlier. Keep a copy of .htaccess before editing rules manually. To reverse the change, remove the specific redirect and allow for browser caching rather than deleting the domain’s website files.

• Creating a page or domain redirect in cPanel
• Removing a cPanel redirect and checking for cached rules
• Adding a separate website domain in cPanel
• Redirecting a cPanel subdomain to an external URL

• cPanel documentation