How to Redirect www URL to non-www and non-www URL to www with Nginx

This tutorial will show you how to redirect a www URL to non-www, e.g. www.example.com to example.com, with Nginx. We will also show you how to redirect in the other direction, from a non-www URL to www.

Configure DNS Records

In order to set up the desired redirect, www.example.com to example.com or vice versa, you must have an A record for each name.

Option 1: Redirect www to non-www

server {
    server_name www.example.com;
    return 301 $scheme://example.com$request_uri;
}

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Option 2: Redirect non-www to www

server {
    server_name example.com;
    return 301 $scheme://www.example.com$request_uri;
}

sudo systemctl restart nginx