# Protect directories?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-directories/176707>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-directories/176707 "2006-01-26T08:39:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bird\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bird\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bird_E)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protect-directories/176707/1 "2006-01-26T08:39:24Z")

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Is there a way to prevent people from seeing my site’s directory, while still allowing them to see the web pages? I dunno if it sounds stupid, but I dont want my files so readily available, and a couple of people know the host I have, so they could access my directory and see each file.