http://www.website.com/filename.php?page1_fda=3916b771c43386c5d064c7 I need to rewrite the URL above to be just: http://www.website.com/filename.php There is no reason for us to have variables in the URL, but due to the system we use it just automatically puts them in. Here is what I have tried in the .htaccess file but it's not working: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index.html RewriteRule ^(.+)\?page(.+) \1 Anyone know the correct expressions to get rid of the tail end of my URL above? Thanks!