How to get the browser to navigate to URL in JavaScript [duplicate]

Question

What is the best (correct, modern, cross-browser, safe) way to get a web browser to navigate to a URL of your choice using JavaScript?

Answer 1

Try these:

1. window.location.href = 'http://www.google.com';
2. window.location.assign("http://www.w3schools.com");
3. window.location = 'http://www.google.com';

For more see this link: other ways to reload the page with JavaScript

Answer 2

This works in all browsers:

window.location.href = '...'; 

If you wanted to change the page without it reflecting in the browser back history, you can do:

window.location.replace('...');