{"id":6671,"date":"2025-12-08T15:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youstable.com\/kb\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:36:53","slug":"access-file-manager-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/access-file-manager-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access File Manager in cPanel and DirectAdmin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we will learn how to access file manager in cPanel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-in-directadmin\/\">DirectAdmin<\/a> panel as it is the basic module for uploading\/downloading the files which one must be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-access-file-manager-in-cpanel\"><strong>How to access file manager in cPanel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/kb\/how-to-login-into-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Login into cPanel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. <\/strong>Type \u201c<strong><em>file manager<\/em><\/strong>\u201d in the search bar and click on the first result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Edit-WP-Config-FIle-in-WordPress-2.png\" alt=\"How to access file manager in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-1524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Edit-WP-Config-FIle-in-WordPress-2.png 1021w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Edit-WP-Config-FIle-in-WordPress-2-768x170.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Edit-WP-Config-FIle-in-WordPress-2-271x60.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Go to <strong>public_html <\/strong>directory where you can upload, download, edit or modify your files as per your requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-access-file-manager-in-directadmin\"><strong>How to access file manager in DirectAdmin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/kb\/2022\/02\/22\/how-to-login-into-directadmin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Log in to the DirectAdmin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Type \u201c<strong><em>file manager<\/em><\/strong>\u201d in the search bar or scroll down and locate&nbsp;<strong>File Manager<\/strong>&nbsp;and click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1086\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file_manager.png\" alt=\"How to access file manager in DirectAdmin\" class=\"wp-image-4322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file_manager.png 1086w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file_manager-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file_manager-810x395.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> You can find your domains inside the <strong>Domains <\/strong>directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. <\/strong>You can upload, download, edit or modify your files as per your requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we will learn how to access file manager in cPanel and DirectAdmin panel as it is the basic module 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