How to hide IP addresses in Plesk?

Vincent Lauton

Updated April 08, 2026 21:37

Plesk for Windows kb: how-to Plesk for Linux ABT: Group B

Applicable to:

Plesk for Linux
Plesk for Windows

Question

How to hide some IP addresses from the list in Tools & Settings > IP Addresses.

Answer

Make sure no subscriptions are assigned to IP address
If the IP to be hidden is the main (primary) IP, switch the main IP to another IP address in the Plesk database
Install Panel.ini editor extension to manage Plesk settings: Home > Extensions
Open extension and under the "Editor" tab add the following lines at the end of the file:

CONFIG_TEXT: [ip]
blacklist="<IP addresses to be hidden>"

Where <IP addresses to be hidden> is a comma-delimited list of IP addresses you want to hide. You can hide both IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses. For example:

CONFIG_TEXT: [ip]
blacklist="192.168.1.10, 2002:5bcc:18fd:c:f482:d057:9ccf:993D"
Reread IP addresses at Plesk > Tools & Settings > IP Addresses > Reread IP.

Command line + RDP method

Make sure no subscriptions are assigned to IP address
If the IP to be hidden is the main (primary) IP, switch the main IP to another IP address in the Plesk database
Connect to the server via RDP
Open file %plesk_dir%admin\conf\panel.ini. If the file does not exist copy it from %plesk_dir%admin\conf\panel.ini.sample
Add the following lines at the end of the file:

CONFIG_TEXT: [ip]
blacklist="<IP addresses to be hidden>"
Reread IP addresses by running the command in CMD:

C:\> plesk bin ipmanage --reread

For Linux: To hide IP addresses that are related to eth1, eth2, eth<number> network interfaces add the line below at the end in Plesk > My Extensions > Panel.ini editor > Editor:

CONFIG_TEXT: [networkInterfaces]
blacklist=eth

Additional Information

IP Addresses Management