How to restrict access to files?

Question

Apache HTTP Server

Hello. There are online store files that can be easily accessed via /storage/app/notes/. How to restrict access for a group of users to this directory? Thanks in advance for your
replies.
My product loading code:

$disk = $this->factory->disk('notes');
                $disk->putFileAs('',$request->file('pdf'),$pdfName);
                $disk->setVisibility(''.$pdfName,'private');

Answer 1

Disable listing in .htaccess
Options -Indexes