Step 5 − Click Quickconnect to connect to the FTP server. In most of the cases, it is 21, but if you leave this field empty then FileZilla will automatically find the appropriate port to connect.

Step 4 − Enter Port on which you want to connect to your FTP server. Step 3 − Enter the username and password for your ftp account. Enter your ftp hostname, which can be IP address of your server or ftp. In the quick connect bar, you will find text box to provide hostname. Step 2 − After installing open your FileZilla FTP client. The installation process of this software is the same as other software’s. Step 1 − Download and install FileZilla FTP client from FileZilla website.

To use FileZilla FTP client, to manage and upload the website, please follow these steps − Passwords of system account for cPanel and FTP are same in most cases. Most of the cPanel accounts comes with a system FTP account, through which you can access and manage all the files in your home directory. Then you can use FTP upload, because uploading a file of very large size through cPanel File Manager can cause an error in uploading. When you wish to upload your website and number of files are more or size of files are very large. You can use this software to upload and manage your files in your webserver. This client also supports FTP over secured connections that is SFTP and FTPS. FileZilla is an open source FTP client, it is available on multiple platforms like Linux and Windows.

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