Password-protecting a directory
How to lock a folder in cPanel so only a person with a username and password can open it.
Password protection of a folder is useful for temporary sites, test versions or documents you do not want to publish. When opening the address, the browser asks for a username and password.
- In cPanel, in the Files section, open Directory Privacy.
- Choose the folder: click public_html or the name of the folder you want, then Edit next to the folder you are protecting.
- Tick Password protect this directory.
- Enter a protection name in Enter a name for the protected directory (shown in the login window), e.g. "Private".
- Click Save.
- In Create User enter a username and password (or Generate), then click Save.
After that, every address inside that folder requires a login. Test it in a private browser window.
Removing protection#
Open Directory Privacy again, choose the folder and untick Password protect this directory. Then click Save.
How it works#
cPanel creates or changes the .htaccess file in the folder (and saves passwords in a .htpasswd file outside the public folder). Do not delete those rules manually if protection should stay. See .htaccess basics.
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