HTTP 410 Gone

Client error code, RFC 9110, section 15.5.11

What it means

The page is gone, and the server knows it is gone for good. This is a deliberate version of 404.

A real response

This is the request and the answer our test server gave when we asked it to return 410.

GET /c/410 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com

HTTP/1.1 410 Gone
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 11

<p>demo</p>

If you run the site

Use 410 when you removed something on purpose and do not plan to bring it back. It states your intent more clearly than 404; search engines treat the two similarly. If you are not sure, 404 is fine.

If you are a visitor

The page is not coming back. Look for the content elsewhere.

A common mistake

Using 410 for pages that are only temporarily down (that is 503).

Registered in the IANA HTTP Status Code Registry as Gone, defined in RFC 9110, section 15.5.11.

This is an independent guide. It is not connected with the IETF, IANA, any browser maker or any company named here. Meanings were checked against the RFC texts on 14 November 2026. Responses shown were recorded on 14 November 2026 from a small test server on the author's own computer.