How to removed hsLang=en from a page url?

[costalesja11]

Hi All,

Would like to ask for assistance, is there a way to remove the hsLang=en from a page url? 
I've checked the "Enable Language Specific Redirects" from the setting > Domains & URLs > Language Setting and it is disabled but the hsLang=en still shows in the domain url in one of our web pages.

Thank you,
Julie Costales

[Mike_Eastwood]

Thank you @seanf1, that was exactly what I needed.

-Mike

[jennysowyrda]

Hi @costalesja11,

Are you still experiencing this issue? Can you confirm the issue occurs across multiple browsers, after clearing your cache and through an incognito window? 

I also wanted to share this resource which discusses managing multi-language content.

Thank you,

Jenny

[costalesja11]

Hi @jennysowyrda,

Actually Im not sure how to navigate to that URL, it happens that it shows in the list of page that we are having h1 duplicates in the Screaming Frog for SEO, and it happens for only one page. As for the given details from this document, there is no multi language setup or configuration done for the said page that is having issue, that is why I am not sure how did it happen or how it was set up.

Thank you

[factsetresearch]

I'm having the same issue in SEM Rush.  I added URL Parameters in SEM Rush and in Google Search Console to ignore the hsLang parameter, but I want to understand why these pages are being created and how to remove them.

[david_eic]

Hi, 

I did this on a site recently, have you checked if you are using any hard coded URLs that still contain the hsLang query string within links on your pages?

When you disable the 'Enable Language Specific Redirects' option HubSpot will remove the query string from dynamic links (things like your menu) but hard coded links will keep the query string until it is manually removed.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

David

[mwx_kk]

Hi @david_eic 

where can one disable the 'Enable Language Specific Redirects' option?

[seanf1 · Accepted solution]

You can find it by going to Settings > Website > Domains & URLs > Language Settings and finding it on the top of the page.

[PBifaro]

I'm seeing this on a lot of URLs that have a redirect in place. If I remove this will it cause any problems? Why is this applied on the URL? This is usually in the header of the web pag in an HTML tag.

[AMartinsPereira]

What effect does removing hslang have from an SEO standpoint? My website has many CTA's with this query string attached. There is a redirect in place. However if I remove this setting will the entire redirect be removed so it is a direct link?

[PBifaro]

this is my question as well I am seeing several of these URLs as redirects and want to remove the code snippit but I'm worried there may end up being some 404's

[Mike_Eastwood]

Hi @PBifaro 

If the page exists then you won't have any issues with 404s.

To double check you can run a few tests.

-Mike

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