IWSHow to use FileZilla
The free FTP / SFTP client for moving website files between your computer and a web server.
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FileZilla
Web serverYour website
FZ FileZilla — The free FTP solution
Download FileZilla Client
Free, open-source, and available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Click to grab the latest version for your system.
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FileZilla_win64-setup.exe
Installing FileZilla…
Run the installer and keep the default options — there's nothing tricky to configure.
Host:yoursite.com
Username:webadmin
Password:••••••••
Port:22
Status: Not connected to any server
Status: Connected to yoursite.com — Directory listing successful
Local site:C:\Users\you\my-site\
- images
- index.html
- style.css
- script.js
Remote site:/public_html/
- Not connected — connect to a server to see its files.
- css
- uploads
- robots.txt
- index.html
Queued files · Transfers
index.html → /public_html/100%
Left = your computer
Right = the web server
Quickconnect bar
index.html
That's it — you're connected.
1 Download2 Install3 Connect4 Drag to transfer
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How to use FileZilla