Resetting the Password of an FTP Account

This article explains how you canto reset the password of an FTP account.

Resetting Since resetting the FTP password will dependdepends on the service you are using. Therefore,using, this article is divided into several sections to makehelp it easier toyou find the information you are looking for.

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Unmanaged Servers, Essential Servers, and Hybrid Servers

If you want to reset the FTP password ofon an unmanaged server (e.g., Essential Server) and you areyou're not using a web control panel and neither usingor any of our professional support plans, only you couldwould know how you have set up your FTP service.

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In most common cases, resetting the password of a Linux system account will also change it for the main FTP account associated with it.

If you are using a web control panel, you can follow the instructions available in the documentation of the corresponding web control panelpanel's documentation to change the password of an FTP Account.account password. At the end of this article, we have shared some articles with instructions for some of the most usedpopular web control panels.

Web Hosting

You canTo reset the password of any FTP accountaccount, by accessingaccess your web control panel.

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Follow the instructions available in the documentation of the corresponding web control panel to change the password of an FTP Account.account password. At the end of this article, we have shared some articles with instructions for some of the most usedpopular web control panels.

Reseller Hosting,Hosting and Managed Servers

You canTo reset the password of any FTP accountaccount, by accessingaccess your web control panel.

If you want to change the password of an FTP account associated with a sub-account, you will haveneed to log in to the respective sub-account to be able to change the password of any FTP account associated with it.

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can follow

Follow the instructions available in the documentation of the corresponding web control panel to change the password of an FTP Account.account password. At the end of this article, we have shared some articles with instructions for some of the most usedpopular web control panels.

Web Control Panel Articles

IndependentlyRegardless of the service you are using, the main FTP account is usually linked with the username used to access the web control panel. In other words, if you reset the password associated with the username used to access the web control panel, you will also reset the password of the main FTP account associated with it.

For your convenience, we sharehave someprovided articles with instructions for some of the most commonly used web control panels to lethelp you know how to reset the password of an FTP account:

• DirectAdmin: https://www.site-helper.com/ftp.html
  
• cPanel:  https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/ftp-accounts/
  
• Plesk: https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/obsidian/customer-guide/ftp-access-to-your-websites/
  
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If you areencounter havingany troubledifficulties following anya particularspecific article, please let us knowknow, and we will be happy to assist you.