{"id":30002,"date":"2021-01-18T02:49:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&p=30002"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:35:32","slug":"how-to-create-delete-an-ftp-account-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-create-delete-an-ftp-account-in-cpanel","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Create\/Delete an FTP Account in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Creating an FTP Account<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. Firstly, login to cPanel.<\/li>\n
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  2. Next, click FTP Accounts<\/b> in Files<\/b> section.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3. In the Add FTP Account<\/b> section, fill in the fields as needed. Below is a brief description of the options.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Option<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr>
    Login:<\/strong><\/td>Enter the username you want to use; it will be combined with your primary domain name to create the full username. For example, if you enter\u00a0joeuser<\/strong>\u00a0in this field, the\u00a0FTP Username<\/em>\u00a0will be:\u00a0joeuser@example.com<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Password:<\/strong><\/td>Enter a strong password in this field. Need help creating a secure password? Use the\u00a0Password Generator<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/td><\/tr>
    Password (Again):<\/strong><\/td>Enter the same password here, to confirm the spelling.<\/td><\/tr>
    Strength:<\/strong><\/td>This field tells you how secure your password is. Strength levels range from\u00a0Very Weak<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Very Strong<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Directory:<\/strong><\/td>

    When you create an account, it is limited to the directory you set here. To give them full access to your file system, just enter a forward slash<\/strong>, like this:\u00a0\/<\/strong><\/p>

    To give limited access to your website files to an FTP account, enter\u00a0public_html<\/strong>. Or as you name the FTP account it will try to automatically restrict access to\u00a0public_html\/username<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

    Quota:<\/strong><\/td>You can limit the amount of space an FTP user can use here, or set them to\u00a0Unlimited<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4. Then, click the Create FTP Account<\/b> button. You will then see a message stating \u201cAccount Created\u201c<\/b>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Deleting an FTP Account<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    1. Firstly, login to cPanel.<\/li>\n
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    2. Then, click on FTP Accounts<\/b> under Files<\/b> section.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3. Then find the account you want to remove, and click the Delete<\/b> button to the right.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4. Two buttons will drop down, choose if you want to Delete Account<\/b>, or Delete Account and Files<\/b>. Choose Delete Account if you don\u2019t know the choice to pick. You can always go back and delete unneeded files if you need to.\n\n

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      We hope this article helped you to learn about how to create and delete FTP account in cPanel. For more articles, please go to our Knowledge Base<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Creating an FTP Account Firstly, login to cPanel.   Next, click FTP Accounts in Files section. 3. In the Add FTP Account section, fill in the fields as needed. Below is a brief description of the options. Option Description Login: Enter the username you want to use; it will be combined with your primary domain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[117],"kbtag":[106],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30002"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35727,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/30002\/revisions\/35727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=30002"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=30002"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=30002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}