How to use window.location to redirect to a different URL with JavaScript?



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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