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I searched the web and I found out that the proper way to redirect www to non-www is to add a CNAME record that points to the non-www domain name, and then do the redirect in the server as well.



But I don't understand what should I put as "name".



Is it www.example.com or just www ?



I noticed that both work, but in the codes I found I saw that people use just www.



The problem is that if I use www then what will happen if I have multiple subdomains, like www.mysubdomain1.example.com, www.mysubdomain2.example.com ?










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    It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
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I searched the web and I found out that the proper way to redirect www to non-www is to add a CNAME record that points to the non-www domain name, and then do the redirect in the server as well.



But I don't understand what should I put as "name".



Is it www.example.com or just www ?



I noticed that both work, but in the codes I found I saw that people use just www.



The problem is that if I use www then what will happen if I have multiple subdomains, like www.mysubdomain1.example.com, www.mysubdomain2.example.com ?










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    It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
    – Dusan Bajic
    Nov 12 at 10:29











  • stackoverflow.com/a/43089681/1135424
    – nbari
    Nov 12 at 12:45












up vote
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favorite









up vote
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down vote

favorite











I searched the web and I found out that the proper way to redirect www to non-www is to add a CNAME record that points to the non-www domain name, and then do the redirect in the server as well.



But I don't understand what should I put as "name".



Is it www.example.com or just www ?



I noticed that both work, but in the codes I found I saw that people use just www.



The problem is that if I use www then what will happen if I have multiple subdomains, like www.mysubdomain1.example.com, www.mysubdomain2.example.com ?










share|improve this question















I searched the web and I found out that the proper way to redirect www to non-www is to add a CNAME record that points to the non-www domain name, and then do the redirect in the server as well.



But I don't understand what should I put as "name".



Is it www.example.com or just www ?



I noticed that both work, but in the codes I found I saw that people use just www.



The problem is that if I use www then what will happen if I have multiple subdomains, like www.mysubdomain1.example.com, www.mysubdomain2.example.com ?







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    It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
    – Dusan Bajic
    Nov 12 at 10:29











  • stackoverflow.com/a/43089681/1135424
    – nbari
    Nov 12 at 12:45












  • 1




    It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
    – Dusan Bajic
    Nov 12 at 10:29











  • stackoverflow.com/a/43089681/1135424
    – nbari
    Nov 12 at 12:45







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It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
– Dusan Bajic
Nov 12 at 10:29





It really depends on your DNS server's user interface.
– Dusan Bajic
Nov 12 at 10:29













stackoverflow.com/a/43089681/1135424
– nbari
Nov 12 at 12:45




stackoverflow.com/a/43089681/1135424
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Just to clarify, www is also a subdomain to the TLD example.com



In general you don't require to use multi-level subdomains eg. www.subdomain.example.com If even if you put just www it won't create multi-level subdomains, For creating multilevel subdomains you would require to enter - www.subdomain in the CNAME name field.



Generally most of the DNS providers work by entring the subdomain string eg. www or subdomain.






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    Just to clarify, www is also a subdomain to the TLD example.com



    In general you don't require to use multi-level subdomains eg. www.subdomain.example.com If even if you put just www it won't create multi-level subdomains, For creating multilevel subdomains you would require to enter - www.subdomain in the CNAME name field.



    Generally most of the DNS providers work by entring the subdomain string eg. www or subdomain.






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      Just to clarify, www is also a subdomain to the TLD example.com



      In general you don't require to use multi-level subdomains eg. www.subdomain.example.com If even if you put just www it won't create multi-level subdomains, For creating multilevel subdomains you would require to enter - www.subdomain in the CNAME name field.



      Generally most of the DNS providers work by entring the subdomain string eg. www or subdomain.






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        Just to clarify, www is also a subdomain to the TLD example.com



        In general you don't require to use multi-level subdomains eg. www.subdomain.example.com If even if you put just www it won't create multi-level subdomains, For creating multilevel subdomains you would require to enter - www.subdomain in the CNAME name field.



        Generally most of the DNS providers work by entring the subdomain string eg. www or subdomain.






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        Just to clarify, www is also a subdomain to the TLD example.com



        In general you don't require to use multi-level subdomains eg. www.subdomain.example.com If even if you put just www it won't create multi-level subdomains, For creating multilevel subdomains you would require to enter - www.subdomain in the CNAME name field.



        Generally most of the DNS providers work by entring the subdomain string eg. www or subdomain.







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