Laravel's .htaccess to remove "public" from URL

Basic .htacess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    # Allow access to the storage folder
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/storage/ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ - [L]
    # Redirect all other requests to the public folder
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Advance .htacess file

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Better website experience for IE users
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  # Force the latest IE version
  Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=Edge"
  # Unset X-UA-Compatible for specific file types
  <FilesMatch "\.(appcache|crx|css|eot|gif|htc|ico|jpe?g|js|m4a|m4v|manifest|mp4|oex|oga|ogg|ogv|otf|pdf|png|safariextz|svg|svgz|ttf|vcf|webm|webp|woff|woff2|xml|xpi)$">
    Header unset X-UA-Compatible
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
  <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Handle CORS for specific file types
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|ico|jpe?g|png|svg|svgz|webp)$">
      SetEnvIf Origin ":" IS_CORS
      Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" env=IS_CORS
    </FilesMatch>
  </IfModule>
</IfModule>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Proper MIME type for all files
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# JavaScript
AddType application/javascript js jsonp
AddType application/json json
# Audio
AddType audio/mp4 m4a f4a f4b
AddType audio/ogg oga ogg
# Video
AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v f4v f4p
AddType video/ogg ogv
AddType video/webm webm
AddType video/x-flv flv
# SVG
AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
AddEncoding gzip svgz
# Webfonts
AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf ttc
AddType application/x-font-woff woff
AddType application/x-font-woff woff2
AddType font/opentype otf
# Assorted types
AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
AddType application/x-opera-extension oex
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf
AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json webapp
AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
AddType application/xml rss atom xml rdf
AddType image/webp webp
AddType image/x-icon ico
AddType text/cache-manifest appcache manifest
AddType text/vtt vtt
AddType text/x-component htc
AddType text/x-vcard vcf
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Caching and Expiry Headers
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 2 days"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 60 days"
  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 60 days"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 60 days"
  ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 60 days"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 60 days"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 360 days"
  
  # Cache-Control Headers for static assets
  <FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|html|htm|xml|txt|xsl|css)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536050"
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Compression Settings
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  # Compress various types of files
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
</IfModule>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Security - Deny Access to Sensitive Files
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  <Files .env>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
  </Files>
  
  <Files .htaccess>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
  </Files>
  
  <Files composer.json>
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
  </Files>
</IfModule>
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# URL Rewriting for Clean URLs and Security
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
  # Redirect trailing slashes if not a folder
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
  RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
  
  # Redirect non-www to www (Update with your own domain)
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^trickprof.com [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.trickprof.com/$1 [L,R=301]
    # Allow access to the storage folder
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/storage/ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ - [L]
    # Redirect all other requests to the public folder
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

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