1. While on the Websites & Domains tab, select Hosting Settings
   
   
    
2. While on the Hosting Settings page, select the preferred domain you wish to force or remove the WWW
   
   

1. Connect to your site's web.config file.  If you are unsure of how to do this please refer to our How to Access Your Web.Config article.
2. Scroll down until you find the <system.webserver> or </handlers> line and just below it, press enter to add a new line.
3. Paste the following code at the new line:

   <rewrite>
     <rules>
      <clear />
       <rule name="WWW Rewrite" enabled="true">
         <match url="(.*)" />
           <conditions>
             <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="true" pattern="^www\.(.*)$" />
           </conditions>
           <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.{HTTP_HOST}/{R:0}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
       </rule>
     </rules>
   </rewrite>
   

4. Save the web.config.

Remove WWW

1. Connect to your site's web.config file.  If you are unsure of how to do this please refer to our How to Access Your Web.Config article.
2. Scroll down until you find the <system.webserver> or </handlers> line and just below it, press enter to add a new line.
3. Paste the following code at the new line:

   <rewrite>
     <rules>
       <rule name="Remove WWW" stopProcessing="true">
         <match url=".*" ignoreCase="true" />
         <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
           <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^www\.(.*)$" />
         </conditions>
         <action type="Redirect" url="http://{C:1}/{R:0}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
       </rule>
     </rules>
   </rewrite>
   

4. Save the web.config