Getting rid of typing /index.html when going to landing page

[Hoey]

Hi Everyone, First I apologize for my lame question and if this is the wrong location to ask this question - I promise I tried to find it myself before coming here. I am currently in a coding bootcamp and I have been doing projects on my own to get better. However, I am running into an issue that is honestly stumping me. 

How do I have my landing page (which is named index.html) load without typing www.website.com/index.html. I am trying to have it work like normal sites where you can just type in www.website.com , any help is greatly appreciated!

(Edit) So I learned a little bit about .htaccess - I created that file, put in what I thought was needed and I still have to type in .index/html. 

Thank you in advance, 

Joey