This article will show you how to forward your Google domain and other forwarding options:
- How to forward your domain to a URL or IP address
- How to forward your subdomain
- How to verify your domain is forwarded
- View the Domain forward DNS records
- Domain forwarding values
- More Google Domain forwarding options
Forward your domain to a URL or IP address
Google Domains lets you forward your domain to any URL (e.g. social media site or company homepage) or IP address. To forward your domain, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain name.
- Open the menu
, if applicable.
- Click Website
.
- Under "Forward to an existing webpage, click; Add a forwarding address.
- Enter a URL or IP address in the "Website URL" field.
- If you’re happy with the default values, click Forward.
- If you want to change the redirect type, path forwarding, or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) options, click Advanced options. A set of default values will appear, listed in the following table:
Option | Default value |
---|---|
Redirect type | Temporary redirect (302) |
Path forwarding | Do not forward |
SSL | SSL |
Check that your domain is forwarded to the intended location.
When you set up web forwarding, Google Domains creates a web forwarding synthetic record. If you delete this record, web forwarding stops. Learn more about synthetic records.
Forward your subdomain
You can forward your subdomain, a domain that is part of a larger domain, to any URL or IP address. To forward your subdomain, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain name.
- Open the menu
, if applicable.
- Click Website.
- Click Add a forwarding address.
- Click Edit.
- Click + Forward a subdomain.
- Enter the subdomain you want to forward.
- In the Forward to field enter the URL or IP address you want to forward it to.
- Click Forward.
Verify domain forwarding
After you set up domain forwarding, verify that your domain is forwarded to the correct location. To verify that your domain is forwarded correctly, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- On the domain list, click the domain you forwarded.
- Scroll down to “My website.”
- Click the website image or preview to open it in a new tab.
View the Domain forward DNS records
When you set up web forwarding, Google Domains creates a synthetic record that contains all the necessary DNS records.
To view the Domain forward DNS records, follow these steps:
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- On the domain list, click the domain you forwarded.
- Open the Menu
, if applicable.
- Click DNS
.
- Scroll down to "Synthetic records."
- To view the details of a synthetic record, click Expand
next to the record.
Domain forwarding values
These are examples of possible values for domain forwarding:
Root domains:
- example.com
- https://example.com
- http://example.com
Subdomains
- www.example.com
- https://support.example.com
- http://info.example.com
Folders
- www.example.com/marketing
- https://www.example.com/products
- http://www.example.com/services
Webpages
- www.example.com/welcome.html
- https://www.example.com/login.aspx
- http://www.example.com/page1.htm
IP addresses
- 123.123.123.123 (IPv4)
- 2002:db80:1:2:3:4:567:89ab (IPv6)
More Google Domain forwarding options
Google Domains has different forwarding options that users can choose to best fit their needs.
Redirect type
The redirect type determines how routers and browsers store your web forwarding information. You can choose one of the following redirect types:
- A temporary (HTTP 302) redirect allows changes to occur to your forwarding address quickly. When you use a temporary redirect, you can force a lookup to the routing table or DNS server every time.
- A permanent (HTTP 301) redirect allows browsers to cache the forwarding address. When you cache the forwarding address, you may help resolve the address faster on subsequent visits from the same browser. However, changes made to the forwarding address may take longer to occur.
Path forwarding
Path forwarding lets you forward the path after the domain name to the same path at the new domain. Use path forwarding when the domain you’re forwarding to has the same structure as the current domain.
For example, if you're forwarding documentationexample.com to example.com, your domain could be forwarded in the following ways:
With path forwarding on: documentationexample.com/about.html redirects to example.com/about.html.
With path forwarding off: documentationexample.com/about.html redirects to example.com.
Forwarding over SSL
You have 2 options with forwarding over SSL:
- When SSL is on, forwarding works for both HTTP and HTTPS requests.
- When SSL is off, forwarding only works for plain HTTP requests.
Tip: You can’t forward the wildcard address “*” over SSL.
You can learn more about SSL at Get an SSL certificate for your domain.