How do I get rid of a .htaccess file?

[Jonny69]

Someone was snooping about in my webspace last week and it was mentioned that I should put on a .htaccess file to disable browsing of my folders. Well I wasn't too bothered about any looking to be honest but out of curiosity I made a .htaccess and uploaded it. It has disabled browsing but obviously now I can't browse my own files easily!

I use FireFTP as my FTP uploader but it doesn't show any trace of the .htaccess file. How do I get rid of it?

 

[Trifid]

Try uploading a empty htaccess?

 

[Augmented]

It's a hidden file by default, so you'll need to change your FTP program's prefs to make it visible:

Step 1: Run fireFTP
Step 2: Select Preferences (Alt+R)
Step 3: Select the "General" tab
Step 4: Select "Show Hidden FIles"
Step 5: Click "OK"

(from here).

Then you should be able to delete it. The above option will also work by overwriting it.

 

[Jonny69]

Hey it worked! Cheers.

So I take it .htaccess is more of a hidden setting than 'file' as such.

Edit: ah right, everything is clear now. Thanks chaps

 

[Sic]

can you view hidden files on your web server? in the high likelihood that it's a linux server, the preceding . will render it a hidden file.

In FireFTP:

Step 1: Run fireFTP
Step 2: Select Preferences (Alt+R)
Step 3: Select the General tab
Step 4: Select Show Hidden FIles
Step 5: Click OK

then delete your htaccess file

augmented you slaaaaaag!! even from the same site!

 

[Augmented]

Yeah, 'dot' files are hidden by default on most OSs e.g. .config, .bashrc etc. Usually used for local configuration settings, just as .htaccess is a local configuration file for Apache .

augmented you slaaaaaag!! even from the same site!

Hah ! Well, they do say great minds think alike .

 

[Sic]

Hah ! Well, they do say great minds think alike .

that doesn't exactly say much for you though!

 

[Corasik]

Hey it worked! Cheers.

So I take it .htaccess is more of a hidden setting than 'file' as such.

Edit: ah right, everything is clear now. Thanks chaps

Its a 'UNIX' thing. All fines starting with the character '.' are considered hidden files. You can also hide directories the same way.

Common hidden files include .htaccess .htpassword .bash_profile but this list is endless really.