FTP Manager

You or your fellow site developers may need to transfer files from a computer to the computer that contains your web site. If you need to transfer many files, using an FTP client is the quickest way to accomplish this. In the FTP Manager, you can create FTP accounts, which allow users to access the files of your web site with an FTP client.

Steps - Watch the move

1  To access the FTP Manager, click on the    icon above the words FTP Manager on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2  Click on FTP Accounts.

3  To add an FTP account, click on Add FTP Account.

4  Enter the username for the new FTP account in the blank field next to Login:

5  Enter the password for the new FTP account in the blank field next to Password:

6  Enter the directory which the account will have access to in the blank field next to Directory:

NOTE: Enter / in this field will give the user access to /public_html/ and all subdirectories of /public_html/ for your account.

7  Click on Create to create the new FTP account.

NOTE: If the account was created, the following will appear (except user will be the username you have provided for the new account, and password will be the password you have provided for the new account) :

FTP Account Added!

The FTP account user with password password was added.

Troubleshooting 

Make sure to use usernames that are compatible with the FTP client that the user will be using to login to their FTP account.

Removing FTP accounts

You may need to remove an FTP account so that a user can no longer access your web site, or so that you can free up room to create other FTP accounts. This can be accomplished through the FTP Manager.

Steps - Watch the move

1  To access the FTP Manager, click on the    icon above the words FTP Manager on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2  Click on FTP Accounts.

3  To remove a FTP account, click on  next to the account that you wish to remove.

NOTE: If the account was removed successfully, the following will appear (except user will be the username of the account) :

FTP Account Deleted!

The FTP account user was deleted.

Troubleshooting 

You cannot remove accounts that have the   icon next to them.

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