Redirect subdirectory to root using .htaccess

Choose the code as per your need –

1) Redirect from http://www.mysample.com/subdir/ {article-url} to http://www.mysample.com/ {article-url}

[code autolinks=”false”]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mysample.com
RewriteRule ^subdir/(.*)$ http://www.mysample.com/$1 [L,R=301]
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2) Redirect from subdomain’s subdirectory (sub.mysample.com/subdir/{article-url}) to http://www.mysample.com/{article-url}

[code autolinks=”false”]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sub.mysample.comm
RewriteRule ^subdir/(.*)$ http://www.mysample.com/$1 [L,R=301]
[/code]

3) From http://www.mysample.com/subdir/ to http://www.mysample.com/

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch 301 ^/subdir/$ http://www.mysample.com/
[/code]

If you’re using non-www version of site then change it as-

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch 301 ^/subdir/$ http://mysample.com/
[/code]

301 is also known as permanent redirect so the above code can also be written as –

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch permanent ^/subdir/$ http://mysample.com/
[/code]

Temporary redirect
Above mentioned redirects are permanent, if you want temporary redirect then write it as –

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch 302 ^/subdir/$ http://mysample.com/
[/code]

OR

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch temp ^/subdir/$ http://mysample.com/
[/code]

These permanent and temp rules applies for all the examples shared in this tutorial.

3) From http://www.mysample.com/subdir/{article-url} to http://www.mysample.com/

[code autolinks=”false”]
# Permanent(301) redirect
RedirectMatch 301 ^/subdir/.*$ http://www.mysample.com/
[/code]

4) From http://www.mysample.com/subdir/{article-url} to http://www.mysample.com /mypage.html

[code autolinks=”false”]
RedirectMatch 301 ^/subdir/.*$ http://www.mysample.com/mypage.html
[/code]