How to remove the index.php in magento?

To remove index.php from URLs follow the below steps :

1. Log-in Magento Admin.
2. Go to System -> Configuration -> Web.
3. From Search Engine Optimisation tab Use Web Server Rewrites select YES.
4. Make sure your Secure and Unsecure base urls should end with “/”.
5. And in System -> Configuration -> Web -> Secure -> Use secure URLs in the frontend, select YES.  
6. now edit your .htaccess ( will be in magento root folder ) and pate the below code and save:   

1	<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

2	RewriteEngine On

3	RewriteBase /

4	RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

5	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

6	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

7	RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

8	</IfModule>

now your index.php issue will be solved. ** if that still does not work, then make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled / installed on your server.