How to remove /pages from the url

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I I’ve been researching and I’ve always seen that there is a way to redirect the URL. They always say to go to “online store” and then “navigation” but that navigation item doesn’t appear to me.
Can anyone help me?

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Hi @pimpaoclothing

Shopify’s URL structure is fixed and automatically includes folders like /pages/ for pages, /products/ for products, and /collections/ for collections. Unfortunately, it is not possible to remove /pages/ from your URLs directly because Shopify uses these prefixes to organize and route content internally.

Workaround: Use URL Redirects for Cleaner URLs

While you cannot remove /pages/ from the actual URL, you can create URL redirects so that visitors can use cleaner URLs without the /pages/ part, and Shopify will redirect them to the correct page.

How to Set Up URL Redirects:1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Navigation.

  1. Click on URL Redirects.

  2. Click Create URL redirect.

  3. In the Redirect from field, enter the clean URL you want visitors to use (e.g., /about-us).

  4. In the Redirect to field, enter the full Shopify URL including /pages/ (e.g., /pages/about-us).

  5. Save the redirect.

This way, when someone visits yourstore.com/about-us, they will be redirected to yourstore.com/pages/about-us seamlessly, and the cleaner URL can be used in marketing materials, links, and menus

Important Notes- The visible URL in the browser will still show the /pages/ version after the redirect, but visitors can access your page using the cleaner URL initially.

  • Shopify only allows editing the handle after /pages/, not removing /pages/ itself.

  • Removing /pages/ entirely would require a headless Shopify setup or a custom proxy, which is complex and not supported out-of-the-box.

  • You can customize page titles and remove page banners or titles via theme settings or CSS, but this does not affect the URL structure

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Yes,

Now, in the new Shopify update the navigation named by “Menus”. I create a video for you on how you can create a URL redirection. You can watch video from here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16xajae0bc9mVz704knlZQZ2hmntm3386/view?usp=sharing

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