# HowTo get rid of .../index.php/... in nextcloud path ( shorter URL) **URL:** \ **Category:** 📑 How to\ **Tags:** ionos\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-get-rid-of-index-php-in-nextcloud-path-shorter-url/74632 "2020-03-21T00:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![rrit](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/rrit/32/71783_2.png) [@rrit](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/rrit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-get-rid-of-index-php-in-nextcloud-path-shorter-url/74632/8 "2025-05-15T16:44:30Z")
In case the automatically added `.htaccess` configuration `SetEnv front_controller_active true` does not work for your environment: Edit `config/config.php` and add `'htaccess.IgnoreFrontController' => true`. See [Configuration Parameters — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_server/config_sample_php_parameters.html#htaccess-ignorefrontcontroller) for a detailed description. * * * Also see: - [Remove index.php in Url on Hosted Nextcloud](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/remove-index-php-in-url-on-hosted-nextcloud/43828) - [Apache rewrite to remove index.php](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/apache-rewrite-to-remove-index-php/658) - [Apache: Cant remove "index.php" from my url](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/apache-cant-remove-index-php-from-my-url/218402) - [Remove "index.php" from URI](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/remove-index-php-from-uri/217909) * * * PR for docs: > > > \### ☑️ Resolves > > \* Fix https://github.com/nextcloud/documentation/issues/13125… > > \### 🖼️ Screenshots > > Please double check the syntax of this PR - especially the internal linking syntax! --- _[View the full topic](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/howto-get-rid-of-index-php-in-nextcloud-path-shorter-url/74632)._