Move a File With the cPanel File Manager

What is the File Manager?

cPanel is the control panel for your hosting. File Manager is a tool inside it. It works like the Files app on a computer. You see folders and files, and you can move, copy, rename or delete them. A folder is also called a directory.

Steps: move with the menu

1. Log in to cPanel from your client area, or with the link in your welcome email.
2. In the Files section, click File Manager.

   

   

3. A new tab opens. Click the folder on the left that holds your file. For websites, the main folder is public_html.
4. Click the file once to select it.
5. Click Move on the top toolbar. A small window opens.
6. In the box, you see the current path. A path is the address of a folder, like /public_html/images.
7. Change the path to where you want the file to go.
8. Click Move File(s).
9. Open the new folder and check that the file is there.

Steps: move by dragging

1. Select the file.
2. Hold the mouse button down on it.
3. Drag it onto a folder in the left list.
4. Let go of the mouse button.

Moving more than one file at once works too. Hold Ctrl and click each file, then use Move.

Undo a mistake

Moving a file is not the same as deleting it. If you moved it by mistake, just move it back to its old folder.

Quick recap

• Open File Manager in cPanel.
• Select the file, click Move, type the new path.

  

• You can also drag a file onto a folder.
• Back up before you move site files.