{"id":10505,"date":"2023-12-13T04:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T04:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/?post_type=manual_kb&p=10505"},"modified":"2025-11-22T04:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:48:10","slug":"disable-directory-browsing-listing-using-htaccess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/disable-directory-browsing-listing-using-htaccess","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Directory Browsing\/Listing using .htaccess?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is Directory Browsing or Listing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This feature allows users to view the contents of a directory on a web server through a web browser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When a web server is configured to allow directory browsing, it means that if a user enters the URL of a directory (e.g., http:\/\/example.com\/directory\/), the server will generate a web page displaying the list of files and subdirectories contained within that directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Control Panels like cPanel, DirectAdmin<\/em> this feature is enabled by default so you don\u2019t to use it you should considering disabling it manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why we should Disable Directory Listing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Directory listing can expose the internal file system paths of your server. This information can be used by attackers to better understand your server’s structure and potentially identify other vulnerabilities to exploit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once attackers got to know whats inside of your hosting account they may attack you with various methods such as <\/p>\n\n\n\n