External Website can use < img /> tag to display an image from your site somewhere else on the internet and The end result of this is that the other website steals your bandwidth.

**1.** Log into your cPanel account.
**2.** In the "**Security**" section, click on "**HotLink Protection**" Icon.
 ![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/HotLink-Protection-icon.gif)

**3.** If it displays "**Hotlink protection is currently disabled**", click on the "**Enable**" button.
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/hotlink-protection-enable.gif)

**How to Configure Hotlink Protection?**
Under "**URLs to allow access:**" you can allow an external website or your own website to have access. For example, if you have a subdomain like demo.example.com, you can add this website's url to the list of allowed websites.