Change Joomla htaccess.txt file to .htaccess with CPanel - Joomla Tutorial

Often you can access your CPanel just by adding /cpanel to your domain name ... example.com/cpanel

Although your screen may not look 100% identical to the one above, every version of Cpanel does come with a "File Manger" option somewhere.

Your files and folders will be listed alphabetically. Scroll down until you find htaccess.txt

Check the box next to htaccess.txt and click "Rename" at the top of the page.

Enter .htaccess as the new file name and click "Rename File"