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How to Customize Your Oracle APEX App URL on apex.oracle.com

Published on 11 Jul 2025 by CHATURVEDINIDHI26@GMAIL.COM

🔍 Introduction

Oracle APEX makes it easy to build modern web applications. But if you want a cleaner, branded URL for your blog or app, you can customize parts of it to look more professional.

This guide shows how to personalize your APEX app URL hosted on nidhispace.oracleapex.app.

🔗 Understanding the Default URL

https://nidhispace.oracleapex.app/r/myworkspace/myapp/home

Part	Description
`nidhispace.oracleapex.app`	Your workspace domain
`/r/`	REST-friendly path
`myworkspace`	Workspace alias
`myapp`	Application alias
`home`	Page alias

🛠️ How to Customize It

✅ 1. Change Application Alias

Open your app in Oracle APEX Builder
Go to App > Edit Definition > Properties
Set the Application Alias to something clean like myblog

Example:
https://nidhispace.oracleapex.app/r/myworkspace/myblog/home

✅ 2. Change Page Alias

Open your "Home" page
Go to Page Properties and set the Page Alias to welcome

Example:
https://nidhispace.oracleapex.app/r/myworkspace/myblog/welcome

✅ 3. Change Workspace Alias

Log in as Workspace Admin
Go to Manage Service > Workspace Settings
Set the Workspace Alias (e.g., nidhispace)

New Full URL:
https://nidhispace.oracleapex.app/r/nidhispace/myblog/welcome

🧪 Optional: Hide Session ID

Set your page to Public in Page Attributes
Enable Deep Linking in Authentication Settings

This removes ?session=... from the URL.

❌ What You Cannot Change

Feature	Can You Change?	Notes
Your free domain (e.g., `oracleapex.app`)	❌ No	To change this, use custom domain via Oracle Cloud
`/r/` path	❌ No	This is required by APEX engine

✅ Conclusion

Clean, custom URLs give your Oracle APEX application a professional look and feel. It's a simple way to improve user experience, especially for blogs, portfolios, and public websites.

If you need full branding (like www.yourname.com), consider using Oracle APEX Cloud Service where you can: