

Name the directory something that you will remember.In the lower-left window, right click and choose "Create New Directory".In the upper-left window, click your desktop to open it.Please note, in the following directions, you will be working within different quadrants in FileZilla. There are several different ways to do this, but we recommend the following if you are using FileZilla. After you have connected via FTP, you can then download your files.To do so, enter the following settings in the fields provided and click the Quickconnect button: Using FileZilla, use the quick connect feature near the top of the program to connect to your ftp account.It can be downloaded from their official page: If you do not already have an FTP client installed on your computer, we recommend downloading and installing FileZilla.Please see the section titled Creating a backup of MySQL Databases in our Creating a Website Backup in your cPanel article. Please note, databases can not be backed up via FTP and will need to be backed up in your cPanel. If you are using a different FTP client, the steps below may vary according to your FTP client. In the example below we are using the free FTP client FileZilla, but you can use a different FTP client if you prefer. If your website is over 3GB in size, you will want to use FTP to backup your files instead of the cPanel Backup Wizard. Please read our article entitled Do you Run Backups of your Servers? for more information regarding backups. Backing up your site is a necessary part of normal account maintenance.
