How to protect image from public view in Laravel 5? 08-02-202201-06-2015 by Maytham Fahmi It is possible to protect images from public view in Laravel 5.x folder. Create images folder under storage folder (I have chosen storage folder because it has write permission already that I can use when I upload images to it) in Laravel like storage/app/images. Move the images you want to protect from public folder to the new created images folder. You could also chose other location….ShareTweetSharePin