{"id":3483,"date":"2021-11-01T09:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T09:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:20:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T09:20:23","slug":"how-to-edit-a-htaccess-file-through-the-cpanel-file-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-edit-a-htaccess-file-through-the-cpanel-file-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Edit A .htaccess File Through The cPanel File Manager?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we are going to understand how to add or edit a .htaccess file through the cPanel file manager is as follows:<span id=\"more-9368\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to the\u00a0<strong>cPanel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under the<strong>\u00a0Files<\/strong>\u00a0section, click on\u00a0<strong>File Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>On the\u00a0<strong>left side<\/strong>, click on\u00a0<strong>the public_html\u00a0<\/strong>directory.<\/li>\n<li>Here you will see the<strong>\u00a0files and folders.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In this section, if you\u2019re not able to see the\u00a0<strong>.htaccess file<\/strong>, then go to\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In this\u00a0<strong>Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0window, you need to mark the option\u00a0<strong>Show Hidden Files (Dotfiles).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on the<strong>\u00a0Save<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>Now, you will be able to see the\u00a0<strong>.htaccess file<\/strong>, if you don\u2019t see it then you need to\u00a0<strong>create a new one<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To create a new\u00a0<strong>.htaccess file,\u00a0<\/strong>click on<strong>\u00a0File option\u00a0<\/strong>in<strong>\u00a0File Manager.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A<strong>\u00a0New File\u00a0<\/strong>window<strong>\u00a0appears.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Now,\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>New File Name<\/strong>\u00a0text box type the file name as\u00a0<strong>.htaccess<\/strong>\u00a0and enter a directory where you want to place the .htaccess file in the below section. Here I have selected\u00a0<strong>public_html\u00a0<\/strong>directory so it is being displayed by default in this section.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Click on<strong>\u00a0Create New File\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on\u00a0<strong>.htaccess file<\/strong>\u00a0and click on\u00a0<strong>Edit\u00a0<\/strong>option in the\u00a0<strong>Context Menu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After clicking on\u00a0<strong>the Edit<\/strong>\u00a0option, one dialogue box appears on the screen which will ask you for\u00a0<strong>Character Encoding.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t want to select any\u00a0<strong>Character Encoding<\/strong>\u00a0option, just click on\u00a0<strong>the Edit<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>After clicking on\u00a0<strong>the Edit<\/strong>\u00a0button, a new window appears in which you can update the existing code OR add a new one.<\/li>\n<li>Make the changes and click on\u00a0<strong>Save Changes\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"kb-article-content\">\n<p>So, in this way you can add OR edit\u00a0<strong>.htaccess file<\/strong>\u00a0through cPanel file manager.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-aubox-mncntnr\">\n<div class=\"kb-aubox-col kb-aubox-col-avatar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we are going to understand how to add or edit a .htaccess file through the cPanel file manager is as follows: Login to the\u00a0cPanel. 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