If I change from no 'www' to 'www' will my pages get delinked

[misty]

If I change from https://..........com to https://www.........com will Google drop my indexed pages?

[born2bewild]

Update your site map it'll all be good in next to no time

[3ric]

Update your site map it'll all be good in next to no time

Even without an update Google will do it's job.

[tacnet]

Just force the www in your htacess with the following code and google will pick it up

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Line 1 - switches the rewrite engine on (if youve not already done so)
Line 2 - Search for any urls that dont begin with www
Line 3 - Rewrites the entire url beginning with www using a 301 re-direct so google will update its database

[snooper]

People are used to typing out www and if your htaccess is done right it does not matter either way.

[Hosting Fred]

Just force the www in your htacess with the following code and google will pick it up

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Line 1 - switches the rewrite engine on (if youve not already done so)
Line 2 - Search for any urls that dont begin with www
Line 3 - Rewrites the entire url beginning with www using a 301 re-direct so google will update its database

The man

[fetishnews]

All my sites since 2018 have been without a 'www' prefix in the url. It's a moot point now a days to have one.