cPanel

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

Written by Shaik Sai Meera WebyStrata Editorial Team December 3, 2024 1 min read
cPanel

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel You might need to create FTP accounts in cPanel, so that you and/or your developers can upload and download content from your website. In order to…

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

You might need to create FTP accounts in cPanel, so that you and/or your developers can upload and download content from your website.

In order to do this, start by logging into the cPanel account that you want to create the FTP account for. You can find our guide on this here!

Now, navigate to:

Files >> FTP Accounts

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

You will be looking at this page:

How to Create an FTP Account In cPanel

Firstly, choose and input a username and password for your account.The next box is “Directory”. Unless the account you’re adding should only be allowed to access a specific subdirectory of the site, this can be left as blank. This will allow the FTP user to access all the files in the site’s home directory.

The last box is for “Quota”. This determines how much bandwidth the FTP account can use. By default, this can be left as unlimited.

Now you can click “Create”.

 

 

Written By

Shaik Sai Meera

WebyStrata Editorial Team

View articles Website

Shaik Sai Meera shares practical publishing insights, comparisons, and WordPress-focused growth guidance for modern web teams.

357 articles published Member since 2021

Related Articles