# How Do You Remove .html , .php

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656 "2021-04-05T11:08:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/1 "2021-04-05T11:08:32Z")

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Hello everyone! i need some help how to remove .html and .php so for example ‘[Example.co.uk/index](http://Example.co.uk/index)’  
so that it can look super like a great site! i have paid for a custom domain but i reallly want help to remove the .html and other stuff! it would be amazing if you could give me some help with this question and thank you for looking at this!

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**Author:** ![alexvf](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/alexvf/32/14357_2.png) [@alexvf](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/alexvf)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/2 "2021-04-05T11:13:04Z")

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Add this to your .htaccess file.

```
Options +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]

```

If you don’t have an .htaccess file, create one with that content in your `htdocs` folder.

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**Author:** ![TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/tigermanek426/32/12600_2.png) [@TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/TigerMANEK426)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/3 "2021-04-05T11:17:07Z")

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_Thanks for reusing my code 🙂_

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/4 "2021-04-05T11:24:21Z")

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> [@alexvf](#):
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> ```auto
> Options +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
> RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
> RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.html [NC]
> RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
> 
> ```

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/5 "2021-04-05T11:28:26Z")

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what ?

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**Author:** ![TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/tigermanek426/32/12600_2.png) [@TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/TigerMANEK426)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/6 "2021-04-05T11:29:24Z")

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Just a thanks to @alexvf for using the code I put together 🙂

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/7 "2021-04-05T11:29:55Z")

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oh can i also say it didnt work! why didnt it?

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**Author:** ![TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/tigermanek426/32/12600_2.png) [@TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/TigerMANEK426)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/8 "2021-04-05T11:30:38Z")

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It should work, as its the code I used when using this hosting. Could share what you have put in your .htaccess file?

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/9 "2021-04-05T11:30:53Z")

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yes!

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/10 "2021-04-05T11:31:35Z")

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![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/2X/e/eb5eacf3df00d9556d6d2bcc41088631f5f23eb4.png)

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**Author:** ![TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/tigermanek426/32/12600_2.png) [@TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/TigerMANEK426)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/11 "2021-04-05T11:33:09Z")

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You cannot edit that .htaccess file. If you read the comments at the top of the file, it clearly says create a new file in `/htdocs/`. So make a new .htaccess file in `/htdocs/` and put the code in that.

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/12 "2021-04-05T11:46:54Z")

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ok but do i need to remove the other ones?

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/13 "2021-04-05T11:50:19Z")

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i mean do i need to remove the  
warning or keep and what  
do i need to keep and not to  
keep?

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/14 "2021-04-05T11:51:46Z")

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@TigerMANEK426

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**Author:** ![anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon19508339/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon19508339)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/15 "2021-04-05T11:52:06Z")

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no you don’t.

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**Author:** ![Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/charlie12/32/15138_2.png) [@Charlie12](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Charlie12)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/17 "2021-04-05T11:54:23Z")

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give me what i need to do plzz

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**Author:** ![anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon19508339/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@anon19508339](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon19508339)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/18 "2021-04-05T11:55:38Z")

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1. create a `.htaccess` file inside htdocs folder
2. open it
3. put @TigerMANEK426’s code in it.
4. save it

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**Author:** ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/19 "2021-04-05T13:49:56Z")

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> [@Charlie12](#):
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> give me what i need to do plzz

Let me add a little detail to what @anon19508339 said.

#1: remove the code provided by @alexvf in the .htaccsss file you showed us above. Than save and close the file.

#2: copy & paste the .htaccess file into the htdocs folder

#3: open the new .htaccess file and delete everything inside of it.

#4: add the code provided by @alexvf (and written by @TigerMANEK426) to the now empty .htaccess file.

#5: save changes and close

#6: clear your cache on your internet browser and try loading you site.

Hope this was helpful!

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-do-you-remove-html-php/43656/20 "2021-04-20T13:50:03Z")

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