---
title: "How to Remove a Domain Redirect in cPanel"
description: "Remove a domain redirect with the cPanel Redirects tool so the site loads its own content again, and fix browsers that still follow a cached 301."
url: "https://docs.noiz.ie/cpanel/how-to-remove-a-domain-redirect-in-cpanel/"
section: "cPanel"
categories:
  - "Control Panels > cPanel > Domains"
last_reviewed: "23 September 2026, against the current cPanel & WHM release"
---

# How to Remove a Domain Redirect in cPanel

This guide shows you how to remove an existing domain redirect from your Noiz hosting account using the **Redirects** tool in cPanel. Use it when a domain or subdomain is still forwarding visitors to an address you no longer want, and you need traffic to load the site's own content again.

A redirect created in cPanel is a rule that tells the web server to send anyone who requests one URL straight on to another. Removing the rule stops that forwarding. It does **not** delete the domain, its files, or its email, so it is safe to remove a redirect you no longer need.

**Last reviewed:** 23 September 2026, against the current cPanel & WHM release. This guide is written for Noiz hosting and is kept current against cPanel. It complements, and does not replace, the official cPanel documentation linked below.

### Official Documentation Reference

- [cPanel & WHM Documentation: Redirects](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/domains/redirects/)

## Prerequisites

- Access to your cPanel account (your Noiz welcome email contains the login details, or reach cPanel from the **Services** area of the [Noiz client area](https://www.noiz.co.za/clientarea.php)).
- An existing redirect on the domain or subdomain you want to restore. If you created the forwarding rule yourself, this is the reverse of [How to Redirect Your Website to Any Page or External Domain](/cpanel/how-to-redirect-your-website-to-any-page-or-external-domain/).

## Remove the Redirect

### 1. Open the Redirects tool

Log in to your cPanel account. In the **Domains** section, click **Redirects**.

![The Redirects icon in the Domains section of cPanel](/img/cpanel-redirect.gif)

### 2. Find the redirect and remove it

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under **Current Redirects**, find the domain or subdomain you want to restore and click **Delete** in its actions. Older cPanel releases, as in the screenshot below, labelled this link **Remove**.

![The Current Redirects list in cPanel with the Remove link on a redirect row](/img/remove-redirect.gif)

### 3. Confirm the removal

cPanel asks you to confirm. Click **Yes** to finish (older releases showed a **Remove Redirect** button here instead).

![The confirmation prompt with the Remove Redirect button in cPanel](/img/paper-domain-redirect-remove.gif)

The redirect is now gone from the **Current Redirects** list, and requests to the domain will load its own content instead of forwarding elsewhere.

## Troubleshooting

**Symptom:** the site still redirects after removal. A permanent (301) redirect is cached aggressively by web browsers, so your browser may keep forwarding you even though the rule is gone. Test the address in a private or incognito window, clear your browser cache, or try a different device to confirm the change. Search engines and other caches can also hold on to a 301 for a while.

**Symptom:** the redirect is not listed under Current Redirects. If the redirect is not listed, it may have been written directly into the site's `.htaccess` file or added by an application such as a CMS plugin. Remove it where it was created. See [How to Redirect a Page to Another Page or Website Using htaccess](/server-administration/how-to-redirect-a-page-to-another-page-or-website-using-htaccess/) for editing `.htaccess` rules.

**Symptom:** a whole domain still points to the wrong place. That is usually DNS, not a cPanel redirect. Check the domain's DNS records, and check that its nameservers are your cPanel server's nameservers.

## Need a Hand?

If a redirect will not clear or you are unsure which forwarding rule is in play, the Noiz support team can check it for you. Open a ticket from the [Noiz client area](https://www.noiz.co.za/clientarea.php) and mention the affected domain.

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Source: https://docs.noiz.ie/cpanel/how-to-remove-a-domain-redirect-in-cpanel/