Last modified: 2026 July 24

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Overview

Organize your website’s files and folders, all from the Files hub.

The File Manager tab gives you an interactive file browser for your home directory (/home/user).

Browse and organize your files

Click the home icon () at any time to return to your home directory. Create new items directly in your current directory with New File () or New Folder ().

To reorganize existing files, select one or more items and choose Move () to relocate them, or Copy () to duplicate them, into a different directory.

To change a file or folder’s name, select it and choose Rename () from the More () menu.

View and edit a file

Select Open () from the More () menu to view or access a file from your browser. Select Edit () from the same menu to modify a file’s contents using the built-in editor.

Upload and download files

Click Upload () to transfer files from your local computer to the server. Select Overwrite existing files to replace items that share a name. You can also upload compressed ZIP or TAR archives and extract them later.

Click Download () to transfer files from the server to your local computer.

Compress and extract archives

Select one or more items and click Compress () to create a compressed ZIP or TAR archive. Click Extract () on an existing archive to decompress it and access its contents.

Delete files

Select a file or folder and click Delete () to permanently remove it from the server.

Manage file permissions

Click Permissions () to manage a file or folder’s access rights and ownership settings. The Permissions column uses octal values to show current read, write, and execute privileges.