Overview

You can use this interface to create and manage your website's File Transfer Protocol (FTP) accounts. FTP allows you to manage your website's files.

Add FTP Account

To create an FTP account, perform the following steps:

1. Enter the desired username in the Log In text box.
2. Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.
3. Enter the FTP account's home directory.
   
4. Enter the disk space quota, or select Unlimited.
5. Click Create FTP Account. The new account will appear in the FTP Accounts table.

FTP Accounts

The FTP Accounts table allows you to manage existing FTP accounts.

Change Password

To change an FTP account's password, perform the following steps:

1. Click Change Password for the FTP account for which you wish to change the password. 
2. Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.
3. Click Change Password.

Delete

To remove an FTP account, perform the following steps:

1. Click Delete for the FTP account that you wish to remove.

2. Click the desired deletion option:

   • Delete Account — Remove the FTP account only. This will not remove the files that the FTP account's home directory contains.

   • Delete Account and Files — Remove the FTP account and all of the files that the FTP account's home directory contains.

     Warning:

     Only use this option with extreme caution. If the FTP account that you delete can access the public_html directory, this option automatically removes the public_html directory and all of its contents, which will break your website.

   • Cancel — Do not delete the account.

Configure FTP Client

To configure an FTP client, perform the following steps:

1. Click Configure FTP Client for the desired FTP account.

2. Click FTP Configuration File under the desired FTP client's logo. You can choose between Filezilla, Core FTP, or Cyberduck.

   Note:

   cPanel currently only supports these three FTP clients for auto-configuration.

   • To use another client, manually configure the client yourself.
   • Click Instructions to view detailed instructions for your chosen client.

3. Open the configuration script file that downloaded to your computer. The FTP client automatically opens, configures itself, and connects to your FTP server.