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title: "When Should I Redirect a Page After Changing Its URL?"  
description: "When Should I Redirect a Page After Changing Its URL?"  
author: "Deepesh Mishra"  
published: 2026-10-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/118356/when-should-i-redirect-a-page-after-changing-its-url  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["seo", "Technical SEO", "Website management"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# When Should I Redirect a Page After Changing Its URL?

I need to change a page URL to make it clearer, but the existing address has been live for a while and may already have backlinks. I’m unsure whether a redirect is always the right move or whether there are cases where keeping the original URL is safer.

How do search engines and visitors handle the old URL after a change? I’d like to understand what to consider before publishing the new address, especially when changing a page URL that already receives traffic.


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