does mod_rewrite output have to exist?

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I am trying to use mod_rewrite to generate cleaner urls.

I have the following in my .htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^mypage.php$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/mypage [R=301,L]

The objective is to go from https://mysite.com/mypage.php to https://mysite.com/mypage

This gives me a 404 error. I don't actually have the directory mypage/ existing. But from my understanding, I don't need to actually have mypage for mod_rewrite to work. What am I doing wrong?

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