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title: "410 Gone — what it means and how to fix it"
description: "The resource was deliberately removed and is not coming back, and there is no forwarding address. What causes an HTTP 410, what to try as a visitor, and what to check if it is your own site."
url: https://atoneplace.net/error/410/
site: "At One Place"
---

# HTTP 410 — Gone

**HTTP 410: Gone**

The resource was deliberately removed and is not coming back, and there is no forwarding address.

## What 410 actually means

A 404 with certainty attached. Where 404 means "not here" and leaves open the possibility of a mistake, 410 means "we removed this on purpose". That intent matters for crawlers: search engines drop a 410 from the index faster than a 404, and well-behaved clients stop retrying. Because it requires the server to actually know a URL is retired, it is used far less often than it deserves.

## Common causes

- Content deliberately deleted — an expired listing, a withdrawn article, a closed account
- A promotional or time-limited page taken down at the end of its run
- A deprecated API endpoint removed after a notice period
- Content removed for legal or policy reasons where 451 is not appropriate

## If you're just trying to view the page

1. Nothing — the page is gone on purpose and there is no replacement at that address
2. Search the site or the wider web for a current equivalent
3. Try the Internet Archive if you need to see what was there

## If it's your site

1. Use 410 rather than 404 when you know a URL is permanently retired; it gets deindexed sooner
2. If there is a sensible successor page, prefer a 301 to it over a 410
3. For removed API versions, return 410 with a body pointing at the migration guide

## Reference

- **Status code:** 410
- **Reason phrase:** Gone
- **Category:** 4xx — Client Error
- **Cacheable by default:** Yes
- **Defined in:** RFC 9110 §15.5.11

## Common questions

### What does HTTP 410 mean?

The resource was deliberately removed and is not coming back, and there is no forwarding address. A 404 with certainty attached. Where 404 means "not here" and leaves open the possibility of a mistake, 410 means "we removed this on purpose".

### How do I fix a 410 error?

Nothing — the page is gone on purpose and there is no replacement at that address

### Is 410 a client error or a server error?

410 is in the 4xx range, which means client error. The request itself was the problem, so retrying it unchanged will usually return the same code.

## Related pages

- [404 Not Found](https://atoneplace.net/error/404/)
- [403 Forbidden](https://atoneplace.net/error/403/)
- [401 Unauthorized](https://atoneplace.net/error/401/)
- [429 Too Many Requests](https://atoneplace.net/error/429/)
- [400 Bad Request](https://atoneplace.net/error/400/)
- [413 Content Too Large](https://atoneplace.net/error/413/)
- [422 Unprocessable Content](https://atoneplace.net/error/422/)
- [405 Method Not Allowed](https://atoneplace.net/error/405/)
- [409 Conflict](https://atoneplace.net/error/409/)
- [415 Unsupported Media Type](https://atoneplace.net/error/415/)
- [408 Request Timeout](https://atoneplace.net/error/408/)
- [451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons](https://atoneplace.net/error/451/)

## Sources

- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Status Code Registry — IANA (https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/)
- RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics — IETF (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html)