Too many 301s what u do

What would you do if you have to many 301 redirects. i want to undo them.

If you want to undo too many 301 redirects:

1. Backup Your Website: Create a full backup before making changes.
2. Locate Redirect Rules: Find the source of the redirects (e.g., server config, or plugins).
3. Remove or Comment Out: Delete or comment out the unwanted 301 redirect rules.
4. Test URLs: Verify that the original URLs now load correctly without redirecting.
5. Update Search Engines: Submit an updated sitemap to Google Search Console to reflect the changes.

Redirects are harmless unless they're malicious, long-chained, configured wrongly, etc...
Don't worry about GSC reports, they're not necessarily "problems" to fix

Too many 301 redirects can slow down your site, hurt SEO, and create a poor user experience. If 301 redirects pass link equity, removing them could hurt rankings. Make sure the final URL is optimized and linked correctly. If you want to temporarily undo a redirect, consider using a 302 (temporary) redirect instead of removing the 301, as 301s are cached by browsers and search engines.

Jack Rodding said:

What would you do if you have to many 301 redirects. i want to undo them.

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If you have too many 301 redirects, first run a crawl with Screaming Frog or Ahrefs to see all redirect chains and loops. Remove any that point to outdated pages or change them to go directly to the final URL instead of hopping through multiple pages.

Update your internal links so they point to the right pages directly—this alone removes a lot of unnecessary redirects. For pages with no value, use a 410 status so Google knows they’re gone. Finally, re-crawl the site and update your sitemap in Google Search Console to speed up indexing.

excess 301s bleed power. fix by flattening them in config, redirect old to final in one step. upload clean sitemap to gsc. bots prefer straight lines, not loops.