RegEx htaccess remove variable

Question

Sorry, but I couldn't find any help for my problem. Hoping you guys can help.

I have the url: http://example.com/many-pages ?lang=xx

I would like to turn that into just: http://example.com/many-pages

Stripping away the " ?lang=xx " where " xx " is the language code. Also make it a 301 redirect.

Answer 1

Put this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+([^?]*)\?lang=[^\s&]+ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,NE,L]