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This guide details how to proceed to start using "Indexes" in cPanel. The guide requires you to first log into cPanel.

Let’s say you have a folder named "photos". If you do not have any index.html file in this folder, visitors can see a list of the contents of the folder if this person types the address in the web browser. A way to prevent this is to start using "Indexes" which can turn off indexing in the folder.

Step 1:
Click on the icon for "Indexes" as shown in the screenshot below:

Step 2:

1. Choose the placement for the folder you want to make changes to. Here we choose "public_html", which is the root folder for your main domain.
2. If you have other domains you can change the root folder by using the interface on settings.

Step 3:

1. Choose the domain or folder you want to manage the indexing for.
2. Save the changes

Step 4:
To continue, we must pick a folder we want to set indexing on/off for. In the example below we choose the folder called "pictures" by clicking on it.

Step 5:

1. Choose "No Indexing" to prevent visitors from being able to see the contents of the folder.
2. Click "Save" to save the changes.

Step 6:
Indexing is now turned off for this folder. To go back to the "Indexes" menu, click "Go back".

The results of turning off indexing for a folder will look like this in a web browser:

Step 7:
If you want to turn on indexing for the chosen folder, click "Advanced indexing (file name and description)" and click "Save".

Step 8:
Indexing is now turned on for the chosen folder. The result of turning on indexing for a folder will look like this in a web browser:

Done
You have now been through how to use indexing for folders via cPanel.