{"id":6220,"date":"2020-12-15T10:47:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T10:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6220"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:13","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-an-ftp-account-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-an-ftp-account-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create an FTP Account in Cpanel."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FTP<\/strong> is an acronym for <strong>F<\/strong>ile <strong>T<\/strong>ransfer <strong>Protocol. <\/strong>It allows you to transfer files between your computer and the Cpanel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating an FTP account is important when one wants to give access of his Cpanel account to another person and limit specific areas they should visit and denying access to other folders\/paths<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following procedure would be helpful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to the file section and click on FTP accounts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6221\" width=\"476\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png 737w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-600x246.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-320x131.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fill in the details once the <em><strong>Add<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>FTP Accounts<\/strong><\/em> new window appears.<\/li><li><strong>Under Directory<\/strong> you can choose where you want the user to be limited to visit. You can also give the user full access to the whole Cpanel account.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6222\" width=\"274\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png 395w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-36x50.png 36w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1-320x449.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The quota<\/strong> section allows you to limit the amount of space the user can use you can set it to a given number to an unlimited size. Click on the Create Button once done.<\/li><li>You can be able to view the account at the bottom of you <em><strong>FTP Accounts<\/strong><\/em> page.<\/li><li>Under you accounts click on Configure FTP Clients to see your Settings. -Once you click on \u201c<em><strong>Configure FTP\u201d <\/strong><\/em>The interface Expands to display the Ftp Server connection detail <br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-1024x85.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-1024x85.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-768x64.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-50x4.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-920x76.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-600x50.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3-320x27.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-3.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To connect to FTP you can do that manually or you can download a configuration File such as FileZilla, Core FTP or Cyber Duck<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open your File Zila and on the <strong>Host Tab<\/strong> in put the <strong>IP<\/strong><\/li><li>On the <strong>username<\/strong> input your <strong>Cpanel username<\/strong><\/li><li>For Port use port <strong>21<\/strong> Then click on <em><strong>quick Connect<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. It allows you to transfer files between your computer and the Cpanel Creating an FTP account is important when one wants to give access of his Cpanel account to another person and limit specific areas they should visit and denying access to other folders\/paths Following procedure would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6220","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":237,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"Tiberious","author_nicename":"tiberious","author_url":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/author\/tiberious\/"},"doc_category_info":[],"doc_tag_info":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Create an FTP Account in Cpanel. -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-create-an-ftp-account-in-cpanel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Create an FTP Account in Cpanel. -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. 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