---
title: 'Less verbose Server: response header from Apache'
kind: blog
description: 'Unfortunately it''s not possible to remove the Server: Apache header altogether from Apache''s responses, but you can make them less verbose (and stop telling the whole world which version of Apache, OS and modules you''re running).'
words: 33
readingMinutes: 1
created: '2009-03-10T23:33:05.000Z'
updated: '2026-06-27T21:03:45+02:00'
tags:
  - apache
  - security
  - system-administration
---
In your `httpd.conf`, change (or add) these lines:

```
ServerTokens Prod
ServerSignature Off
```

The first line changes the Server: header to only say "Apache" and nothing else. The second line disables the module listing on Apache-generated error pages.