---
title: "How do I hide server version for more security in NGINX?"
url: "https://ploi.io/documentation/server/how-do-i-hide-server-version-for-more-security-in-nginx"
published: "2019-03-01"
last_updated: "2022-01-13"
---

# How do I hide server version for more security in NGINX?

For security reasons, you might want to hide your server version (*For example "nginx/1.10.3 (Ubuntu)*) in the header response and in error pages.

Ploi servers already have this automatic setup, so if you have a Ploi provisioned server you will not have to follow this guide.

To achieve this just change this code in the **/etc/nginx/nginx.conf** file:

```
# server_tokens off;
```

To this:

```
server_tokens off;
```

You can also run this 1-line command to easily do it at once:

```
sed -i "s/# server_tokens.*/server_tokens off;/" /etc/nginx/nginx.conf && service nginx reload
```

After this make sure you restart NGINX and reload your webpage to see if the server version is present in the site's headers.