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title: How to Disable Directory Browsing
description: "🌐This guide is also available in Arabic[← اقرأ بالعربية](https://kb.tarweig.com/docs/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%aa-di/) This is useful if you have a big list of files in a directory with no index file and you don’t want visitors to be able to browse through all of…"
url: "https://kb.tarweig.com/en/docs/how-to-disable-directory-browsing/"
updated: "2026-10-11"
category: Hosting Management / cPanel
---

# How to Disable Directory Browsing

🌐This guide is also available in Arabic[← اقرأ بالعربية](https://kb.tarweig.com/docs/%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%aa-di/)

This is useful if you have a big list of files in a directory with no index file and you don’t want visitors to be able to browse through all of those.

### How to Disable Directory Browsing

Just add the following line in the site’s .htaccess file located in the root directory of your website.

```
Options -Indexes
```

If you are a Tarweig customer, we have you covered. By default, the directory listing is disabled on our servers.