: Will 301 redirection to a Google Indexed URL can remove the URL from Google index? I need to remove some indexed URLs from Google SERP. The problem is I cannot use the 3 types of removal

@Angela700

If you 301 redirect a URL to elsewhere, it will eventually be dropped from Google's index but this can take a number of weeks/months. If you aren't able to request a URL removal in Google Webmaster Tools or block the URL from being indexed with robots directives though, you haven't really got much other option.

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@Nimeshi995

If you use a 301 redirect the page becomes redirected as you know but also the page that is redirecting is considered unvisitable since well its 301 permanent redirect.

Google will remove these pages but its not a instant process and takes some time (anywhere from a week, to several months) Google allows some time for Webmasters to correct the problem should it be a problem so people don't lose their rankings with small temporary hiccups and this is why the process is rather slow - but the good thing is that the pages in question are not visitable since your redirecting.

So short answer! Yes, it will remove the pages from Google Search, but not instantly give it time.

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