If it is fairly new and there are no backlinks pointing to those indexed pages then you can submit a fresh sitemap to GSC and avoid redirection. Yes, do it if you want to be entirely safe
If it is new then you can delete it and resubmit the sitemap with the updated one.
You can create a new sitemap.xml file and upload it.
thanks allGo with a new sitemap.
if the site is indexed then you should redirect old url -> new url.hi, i have a new site, some of the pages which got indexed, i have changed their url. What shld i do now. Should i 301 them? which plugin shld i use? is it safe? any other procedures i need to folllow?
Yes, and there are few plugins which will show you the traffic that hits your old URL.if the site is indexed then you should redirect old url -> new url.
I used redirection plugin... worked well and interestingly it shows you the redirect stats.
so 301 redirect plugin?Yes, and there are few plugins which will show you the traffic that hits your old URL.