Try the Redirect Chain Visualizer
Enter a URL and this tool follows every redirect it produces, hop by hop, up to 10 redirects deep, showing you the complete path from the original URL to its final destination — and flags a
- Free to use
- No signup
- Nothing to install
- Works in any modern browser
Tracing an old product URL reveals a 3-hop chain — old-product → category-redirect → new-product — flagged for consolidation into a single direct redirect straight to the final URL.Open the Redirect Chain Visualizer
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Sample input: https://example.com/page = https://example.com/
What is the Redirect Chain Visualizer?
Enter a URL and this tool follows every redirect it produces, hop by hop, up to 10 redirects deep, showing you the complete path from the original URL to its final destination — and flags a redirect loop immediately if the chain ever points back to a URL already visited.
Each hop in a redirect chain adds latency and can dilute link equity, so seeing the full chain laid out — rather than just knowing 'it eventually redirects somewhere' — makes it obvious exactly where to shorten the path to a single, direct redirect.
3 steps to your result
Open the tool and follow along. Nothing to install.
What you get
Follows every hop up to 10 redirects deep instead of just checking the first redirect.
Automatically flags a redirect loop the moment a URL repeats in the chain.
See the complete A → B → C journey clearly, not just a final destination URL.
Instantly see how many redirects a URL goes through before landing.
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It opens in your browser, so there is nothing to download.
Used for
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SEO specialists auditing redirects after a migration
Confirm old URLs redirect cleanly in one hop instead of accumulating chains over multiple redesigns.
Try it freeDevelopers debugging slow page loads
Identify pages losing time to multiple redirect hops before the content ever loads.
Try it freeSite owners cleaning up old campaign links
Check that old marketing or affiliate links still resolve correctly and efficiently.
Try it freeHow it compares
A plain look at this tool next to the usual alternative.
| This seo tool | Desktop software | |
|---|---|---|
| Install | Nothing to install | Usually an app or program to install |
| Account | No signup | Depends on the product |
| Cost | Free to use | Free or paid, depends on the product |
Questions people ask
What is a redirect chain?
A sequence where URL A redirects to B, which redirects to C, and so on — each additional hop before the final destination is one link in the chain.
How many redirects are too many?
More than 2 redirects in a single chain is generally considered problematic; browsers and crawlers will follow up to around 10, but each hop reduces crawl efficiency and adds latency.
What is a redirect loop?
A redirect loop is when a chain points back to a URL that's already appeared earlier in the same chain, creating an infinite cycle that makes the page completely inaccessible.
How deep does this tool trace?
Up to 10 redirect hops per URL checked.
What should I do if I find a chain?
Update the original link, canonical tag, or server-side redirect rule to point directly at the final destination URL, removing the intermediate hops.
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