410 410 Gone
The resource has been permanently removed and will not return.
When you'll see it
When a page has been removed on purpose and won't come back: a discontinued product or a deleted account page.
What to check
- The difference from 404: 410 says clearly that the removal is intended, and search engines may drop the URL slightly sooner.
- That there's no good replacement. If there is, a 301 to it serves visitors better.
- That nothing on the site still links to the URL.
Example response
HTTP/1.1 410 Gone
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8SEO impact
A stronger signal than 404. Google deindexes 410 pages faster. Use it when you deliberately remove a page with no replacement.
At a glance
| Status code | 410 |
| Group | 4xx Client Errors |
| Class | 4xx |