# GitHub Pages will stop redirecting Pages sites from \*.github.com after April 15, 2021

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/github-pages-will-stop-redirecting-pages-sites-from-github-com-after-april-15-2021/5587>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/github-pages-will-stop-redirecting-pages-sites-from-github-com-after-april-15-2021/5587 "2021-02-01T16:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![parkr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/parkr/32/11_2.png) [@parkr](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/parkr)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/github-pages-will-stop-redirecting-pages-sites-from-github-com-after-april-15-2021/5587/1 "2021-02-01T16:39:57Z")

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**If you access any GitHub Pages websites at `<username>.github.com` (emphasis on the `.com`), please use `<username>.github.io` instead (emphasis on the `.io`).** This doesn’t apply for GitHub-owned sites like `pages.github.com`, but does apply to user and project sites like `twitter.github.com` and `parkr.github.com/my-project/`.

> **[GitHub Pages will stop redirecting Pages sites from \*.github.com after April...](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-01-29-github-pages-will-stop-redirecting-pages-sites-from-github-com-after-april-15-2021/)**
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> GitHub Pages will stop redirecting Pages sites from \*.github.com after April 15, 2021

Please give the whole post a read for schedules on brownouts where GitHub will turn off these redirects for a shorter period of time before turning it off completely on April 15, 2021.