{"id":20,"date":"2015-04-27T08:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T08:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=20"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:39:11","slug":"disable-directory-listing-in-apache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/disable-directory-listing-in-apache\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable Directory listing in Apache"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apache Directory needs to be disabled for various reasons. To disable Apache directory listing on your website try the following steps.<\/p>\n

In a non-cPanel CentOS server<\/span><\/h2>\n

1. Locate your httpd.conf<\/a> file. Normally it is located at \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf or \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/p>\n

2. Open the httpd.conf file in text editor and search for the following line<\/p>\n

Options Includes Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews\n<\/pre>\n
3.Remove the word Indexes<\/i> and the above line look like this<\/p>\n
Options Includes FollowSymLinks MultiViews\n<\/pre>\n
4. Save modified httpd.conf and restart Apache<\/p>\n
service httpd restart\n<\/pre>\n
Now the directory listing will be disabled.<\/p>\n
In a cPanel server<\/span><\/h2>\n
1. Login to your cPanel.<\/p>\n
2. Goto Index Manager.(In search box type index manager).<\/p>\n
3. The directory list will be shown down. Select the directory you want to turn off directory listing.<\/p>\n
4. Select No Indexing<\/i> and click save.<\/p>\n
5. The directory listing will be disabled now.<\/p>\n\n\n
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