 <p>You could just use <code>transitionTo()</code>. </p> <p>Alternatively <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19076834/change-url-without-transition">this answer</a> suggests using </p> <pre><code>Ember.HistoryLocation.replaceState(&lt;string&gt;); </code></pre> <p>or </p> <pre><code>router.replaceWith('index'); </code></pre>