Remove HTML extension with web config permanently
URLRewrite 2.0 rule (insert this part inside system.webServer
node) that replaces .html
from url:
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Hide .html ext">
<match ignoreCase="true" url="^(.*)"/>
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true"/>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true"/>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html" matchType="IsFile"/>
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:0}.html"/>
</rule>
<rule name="Redirecting .html ext" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*).html"/>
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
<add input="{URL}" pattern="(.*).html"/>
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}"/>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
If you want to do this on a per-website basis using the local IIS server on Windows 10, install the URL Rewrite module and then put this in web.config in the root of your virtual directory:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<remove name="Redirecting .html ext" />
<remove name="Hide .html ext" />
<rule name="Hide .html ext" enabled="true">
<match url="^(.*)" ignoreCase="true" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html" matchType="IsFile" />
</conditions>
<serverVariables />
<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:0}.html" />
</rule>
<rule name="Redirecting .html ext" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*).html" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAny">
<add input="{URL}" pattern="^(.*)\.html$" />
</conditions>
<serverVariables />
<action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>