What to do in Google Search Console when moving a subdomain to its own domain

Question

I found this post but I it doesn't answer my question completely. I have

• https://de.example.com
• https://es.example.com
• and others

which I moved using 301 to

• https://example.de
• https://example.es
• ...

The redirects work perfectly.

Currently do exist in the Google Search Console the following sitemaps URL:

• https://de.example.com/sitemap.xml
• https://es.example.com/sitemap.xml
• ...

In the Search Console I already added/confirmed example.de, example.es, ... as new properties.

How can I tell the Search Console that these subdomains have been permanently moved so the existing ranking doesn't get lost?

Answer 1

In the meantime I was further investigating and I found a solution. There is the "Change of Address Tool".

In my case there was the situation that I didn't have created yet in the Search Console for the subdomains the URL prefix properties.

First I had to do some preparation:

1. 301 Permanent Forward from https://de.domain.com --> https://domain.de - already working
2. Adding all subdomains as URL prefix property. For example https://de.domain.com.
3. Adding a Domain property. For example domain.de.

Then I ran Settings | Change of address for each subdomain.