How to Create and Manage FTP Accounts in cPanel

In this tutorial we will show you how to create FTP accounts, and how to manage FTP accounts through your cPanel at your BrickellHost web hosting dashboard.

How to create an FTP Account in cPanel

1) Log into cPanel.

2) Look for the “Files” section and select “FTP Accounts“.

3) Under Add FTP Account, fill in the following details:

Click the “Create FTP Account” button. You will then see a message stating “Account Created“.

How to delete an FTP Account in cPanel

1) Log into cPanel

2) Look for the “Files” section and select “FTP Accounts“.

3) Under the “FTP Accounts” list, click on the “Delete” link for the user you wish to remove. Please make sure you remove the correct user before deleting it.

4) Additional option Delete the User’s Home Directory will also delete all the files associated with this FTP Account, so be extra careful with this feature.

5) Click on the blue “Delete” button and the FTP Account will be removed.

How to manage FTP Connections

This feature allows you to monitor visitors that are logged into your account through FTP. You can easily terminate FTP connections to prevent file access by unwarranted users.

This assumes that you are already logged into cPanel

1) Click the FTP Connections from within the Files section of the cPanel.

2) Here you can view active sessions or you can kill sessions by clicking the corresponding Disconnect button.

The FTP Session Control interface includes the following information about connections to your FTP server: