: Deny access to directory content on shared hosting service My Website is hosted on a shared Apache server. How can I deny access to directory content pages so if someone goes to the address

@Jessie594

There are two common ways to prevent directory listing under Apache:


Create or edit the file called .htaccess in your web server's root directory and add the line:

Options -Indexes
Put blank index.html files in each subdirectory.


The first option is probably the best, unless you're distributing open source projects (like WordPress), when it's a good idea to use the blank index.html method to make sure subdirectories won't be listed by default for other people who download your project as well.

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