See the full redirect path and final destination for any URL.
Traced through a CORS-enabled relay since browsers hide cross-origin redirect chain details by default.
Redirect Checker follows a URL through any redirects it encounters and reports where it ultimately lands, along with the final HTTP status code. It answers the everyday question "where does this link actually go?" — useful for shortened links, marketing redirects, and verifying that old URLs correctly forward to their new homes after a site migration.
Browsers follow redirects automatically and, for security reasons, do not expose the intermediate hops of a cross-origin redirect chain to JavaScript running on a page. To work around that boundary safely, this tool routes the request through a transparent CORS relay that performs the request server-side and reports back the final resolved URL and status code, which is then displayed directly to you — no data about the destination is stored.
A 301 (permanent) redirect passes the vast majority of link equity to the new URL and tells search engines to update their index, while a 302 (temporary) redirect signals the move isn't permanent and search engines may continue indexing the original URL. Getting this wrong during a domain migration or URL restructuring is one of the most common causes of sudden SEO traffic loss. Redirect chains — where one redirect leads to another, which leads to another — also slow down page load and can occasionally break entirely if a loop forms.
Marketers use it to verify a shortened or tracking link actually points where a campaign expects before it goes live. SEOs use it to confirm 301 redirects are correctly configured after a site migration or HTTPS switch. Security-conscious users use it to preview where an unfamiliar shortened link leads before clicking it directly.
A 301 tells browsers and search engines the move is permanent and to update bookmarks/index entries; a 302 signals a temporary move, so the original URL should still be treated as the canonical one.
This often happens when a site has stacked several redirects over time (e.g., HTTP to HTTPS, then non-www to www, then an old page to a new one) without cleaning up the chain — each hop adds latency.
If a URL redirects endlessly without resolving, the trace will typically time out or return an error rather than an infinite result, which is itself a useful signal that something is misconfigured.
Yes — tracing a link's destination this way is safer than clicking it directly in your own browser, though you should still avoid visiting a destination you don't trust once revealed.
It reports the final resolved destination and status code, which covers the most common use case of confirming where a link truly ends up.
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