How to noindex “nonexisting” pages?

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  • As you said, you can use Google Search Console to request removal of specific URLs from Google’s index.

    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en

    In the case of /author/ and /category/ URLs, those are archive pages generated by WordPress. You don’t need to remove them from search results. Google knows how to handle those.

    Keep in mind that if the results in Google’s index don’t actually exist on your website, they will eventually drop off, without you needing to do anything.

    Using htaccess you can redirect query string results like so:

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^%7Bquery%7D [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://your-domain.com/another-page.php [L,R=301]
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