Name

RemoveType

Synopsis

RemoveType extension [extension] ...
directory, .htaccess
RemoveType is only available in Apache 1.3.13 and later.

The RemoveType directive removes any MIME type associations for files with the given extensions. This allows .htaccess files in subdirectories to undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the server config files. An example of its use is to have the following in /foo/.htaccess:

RemoveType .cgi

This will remove any special handling of .cgi files in the /foo/ directory and any beneath it, causing the files to be treated as the default type.

Warning

RemoveType directives are processed after any AddType directives, so it is possible that they may undo the effects of the latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.

The extension argument is case insensitive and can be specified with or without a leading dot.

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