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Asked: 2026-06-04T15:39:12+00:00

I am currently on a shared host and my files and folders are placed

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I am currently on a shared host and my files and folders are placed inside “public_html”. In this, I have a folder that consists more folders inside it along with many pdf files. So the folder looks like this:

FOLDER/folder1/xyz.pdf

FOLDER/folder2/abc.pdf

etc..etc..

I am trying to figure out a way to deny access to the folder directly through a browser but not deny access to the files in it. At the moment, when someone goes to my site as http://www.mysite.com/FOLDER, you can access the folder and see its contents through a browser itself. But I dont want to deny complete access to the folder since I have links to its pdf files in some of other pages on my site like: Click here

Can someone guide me on I can restrict the direct access to the folder but not deny access to its files plz?

EDIT:
I am thinking, do I just create an index.html file in every folder?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would suggest using htaccess and adding the IndexIgnore command:

    IndexIgnore *

    Put it in a file and call it .htaccess (Not .htacces.txt, only .htaccess)

    Another option is to prevent only one kind of file from being indexed:

    IndexIgnore *.pdf

    You can ignore any file type: ” *.pdf *.zip *.jpg *.png *.html(bad idea! 😛 )”

    I hope this helps 🙂

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