{"id":1159,"date":"2020-11-12T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/11\/12\/4622407-how-to-show-hidden-files-htaccess-in-cpanel-file-manager-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:09:12","slug":"4622407-how-to-show-hidden-files-htaccess-in-cpanel-file-manager-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4622407-how-to-show-hidden-files-htaccess-in-cpanel-file-manager-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show Hidden Files (.htaccess) in cPanel File Manager at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you don&rsquo;t find your <b>.htaccess<\/b> file inside your File Manager, it might be hidden in your <b>public_html <\/b>by default. In order to see the hidden files in your cPanel File Manager follow these steps:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">1. Click on the top-right <b>Settings <\/b>button:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/11\/f94414d4-8e45-430b-94b6-c81eb394e73e.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">2. Checkmark the option <b>Show Hidden Files (dotfiles) <\/b>and save: <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/11\/21a3a274-5d5a-4a8b-a26b-6726b00bbaed.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Now you will be able to see all hidden files, including <b>.htaccess<\/b>, in your <b>public_html<\/b> folder:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/11\/cf3912d7-b031-4aa4-b1f1-11dfcfa5def2.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you still don&rsquo;t see the <b>.htaccess <\/b>file in your <b>public_html<\/b> folder, the file might not exist. You can easily create one with the same name by following this <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/locate-and-create-htaccess\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">article<\/a><\/b> &#128522; <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Many PHP scripts, for example, WordPress, need the .htaccess files to function properly. Don&rsquo;t delete these files, and edit them with care.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains how you can make hidden files visible on cPanel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ftp-file-manager"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4622407-how-to-show-hidden-files-htaccess-in-cpanel-file-manager-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4622407-como-mostrar-archivos-ocultos-en-el-administrador-de-archivos-de-cpanel-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4622407-comment-afficher-les-fichiers-caches-htaccess-dans-le-gestionnaire-de-fichiers-de-cpanel\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4622407-bagaimana-cara-memunculkan-file-tersembunyi-htaccess-di-file-manager-cpanel\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4622407-como-mostrar-arquivos-ocultos-htaccess-no-gerenciador-de-arquivos-cpanel\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4572,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}