How To Redirect Deleted Post on Blogger To Fix 404 Error

Writer: Exponect.com Team

When you delete your post on Blogger, the deleted post causes 404 error on internet or Google and see “there is nothing here”.

Sorry the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist.

 You also see 404 or redirect error in your Google Search Console (GSC) in Blogger.com whether you have custom domain or subdomain

Now how to Fix this Problem easily step-by-step with simple steps with examples and images

Note:

Redirection for sub-domain (blogspot.com) and custom domain like exponect.com is same.

 

Step 1

Find your deleted post on search engine (like Google) which you want to redirect to the new post.

Step 2

Copy the correct URL Part of the Deleted Post

 

Don’t copy the whole URL of the deleted post. Only copy the part of the deleted post after slash (/). It means you will copy part of URL of deleted post from date like

Deleted Poste URL:

https://exponect.com/2025/11/do-m1-urls-hurt-should-blogger-fix.html

you will copy from 2025/11/do-m1-urls-hurt-should-blogger-fix.html

For Sub-domain

Old Deleted Post:

https://yourblog.com/2024/06/old-post-title.html

copy part of the URL after /

2024/06/old-post-title.html

The above part of URL of deleted post with sub-domain on blogger.com

 

Step 3

Open Blogger.com Website 

Step 4

Login or sing in to your Blogger account with your Gmail account.

 

Step 5

 

Now, in blogger select the new post with which you want to redirect your old deleted post. Open this post and copy the part of the URL of new Post.

Now, you have two posts

Old Deleted Post URL 1 (on Google)

New Post URL 2 on Blogger

 

 

Step 6

Go to blogger dashboard and click on setting

Step 7

Scroll down and find Errors and Redirects.

Here, you will see Custom 404 and Custom Redirects

Step 8

Click on Add Redirects

A box will open with Custom Redirects

Click on ADD

Here you will see two boxes or rows for writing Text above and below in Custom Redirect as shown in the image below:

 

First Box (From) for old deleted post URL part

 

In Second Box (To) for new post URL part

 

Step 9

In First box you will write the part of URL of old deleted post which start from date after slash (/)

 

 

 

In second box below the above text, you will write the part of the part of second new post URL which also starts after from date after / (start from date)

 

Step 10

Now, turn on Permanent and click OK.

Step 11

After two parts of URLs

Click on Save

How To Verify redirection:

Step 11

Now, click on old post if it opens with new post then old post has been redirected with new post.

After this redirection you can fix easily error of 404 which you have seen in Google Search Console (GSC)

 

 This post has been published by Exponect.com Team

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