The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be shown on your dashboard. It would enable you to manage how directories on your website are presented. When there is no index.html file in a specified directory, the contents of that directory will be shown in a browser. This may cause security problems. This is why you need to make use of the proper settings that would prevent other users from accessing your directory and, of course, your files.

Below are the instructions you need to know on how to use Index Manager in cPanel:

1. Log in to cPanel.

2. Scroll down and click the Index Manager icon in the Advanced section.

3. Select the folder you want to protect.

4. Navigate to the directory you want to setup index manager by clicking on the icon.

5. For example, you may want to setup index manager for the demo directory. Click the demo icon.

6. You can choose four settings in the demo directory. These are the following:
     a. Default System Setting
     b. No Indexing
     c. Standard Indexing (Text Only)
     d. Fancying Indexing (Graphics and Texts)

7. Choose the No Indexing option if you don’t want the contents of the directory to be shown.

8. Click the Save button.

9. You now successfully update the setting. Click the Go back link.

10. To allow other people to view the contents of the directory change the setting back to default.

11. Select the Default System Setting then Click the Save button.

12. You now successfully change the setting. Click the Home button at the upper left corner of the page.

13. You now know how to setup index manager to any directories.

14. When you are done, click the Log out button located at the upper right page of the cPanel.