How to Connect via FTP Using Your cPanel Username

In your FTP client of choice, you will need 4 items to log in (host, username, and password). Use the following items to log in:

  1. Host: YOURDOMAIN.com *Note: you can also use "ftp.YOURDOMAIN.com" which will use port 21 as the default. You can also use the IP address of your server.
  2. Username: Your cPanel user
  3. Password: The password for your cPanel user
  4. Port: 21 *Note: port 21 is the default port for FTP.
  5. Click connect

How to connect via FTP using a created account:

  1. Host: YOURDOMAIN.com
  2. Username: ACCOUNT@YOURDOMAIN.com
  3. Password: The password you created for this account
  4. Port: 21
  5. Click connect

Note: Using FTP is useful because you can download and upload files for your website.

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