Redirect to a Different URL with JavaScript using window.location



You might have encountered a situation where you clicked a URL to reach a page X but internally you were directed to another page Y. It happens due to page redirection.

It is quite simple to do a page redirect using JavaScript on the client side. To redirect your site visitors to a new page, you just need to add a line in your head section as follows −

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to use window.location to redirect to another URL. Here, we will redirect to the home page

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <script>
         <!--
            function Redirect() {
               window.location.assign("https://www.tutorialspoint.com");
            }
         //-->
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>Click the following button, you will be redirected to home page.</p>
      <input type = "button" value="Redirect Me" onclick="Redirect();" />
   </body>
</html>
Updated on: 2020-06-12T13:43:23+05:30

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