{"id":11922,"date":"2026-05-20T06:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:51:59","slug":"deny-access-htaccess-file-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/deny-access-htaccess-file-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deny Access to .htaccess File in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-section-id=\"ihov1b\" data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"407\">Steps to Deny Access to the .htaccess File<\/h3>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1on9ls4\" data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"445\">1. Log in to Your cPanel Account<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"506\">Access your cPanel using your hosting username and password.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"enqo9n\" data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"537\">2. Open File Manager<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"639\">\n<li data-section-id=\"t6ve34\" data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"568\">Go to the <strong data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"559\">FILES<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ovrw0s\" data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"597\">Click on <strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"596\">File Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"2zwx9i\" data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"639\">Locate your website\u2019s <code data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"633\">.htaccess<\/code> file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"714\">\n<p data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"714\">Make sure hidden files (dotfiles) are enabled in File Manager settings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1pnd25q\" data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"751\">3. Edit the .htaccess File<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"805\">\n<li data-section-id=\"g6llm4\" data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"787\">Right-click the <code data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"781\">.htaccess<\/code> file.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"rlgtys\" data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"805\">Click <strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"804\">Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"853\">Add the following code at the end of the file:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"853\"># Deny access to hidden files &#8211; files that start with a dot (.)<br \/>\n&lt;FilesMatch &#8220;^\\.&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\nOrder allow,deny<br \/>\nDeny from all<br \/>\n&lt;\/FilesMatch&gt;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"853\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11923 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny-1024x458.png\" alt=\"deny-access-htaccess-file-cpanel\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny-1024x458.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny-1536x688.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/htaccess-file-deny.png 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1v6m4x4\" data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1022\">4. Save Changes<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1066\">\n<li data-section-id=\"r4g582\" data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1047\">Click <strong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1047\">Save Changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"jybo4m\" data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1066\">Close the editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1140\">Your hidden files will now be protected from unauthorized public access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to Deny Access to the .htaccess File 1. Log in to Your cPanel Account Access your cPanel using your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11983,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions\/11983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}