FileZilla Series (10)

How to use bookmarks in FileZilla

This demo assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer, and are connected to a remote server.

Now let’s learn how to use bookmarks.

Bookmarks can greatly increase your productivity, saving often used upload and download locations that you can select with a couple clicks.

Before creating a bookmark, make sure you’ve navigated to the location you want on your local computer…

… and navigate to the remote folder you want to work with as well.

With both locations set, click Bookmarks in the main menu…

… then click Add bookmark.

Since we already navigated to the locations we want to bookmark, the local and remote directory fields should already be filled out correctly.

Type a name for this bookmark, then click OK.

That’s it! The new bookmark has been saved.

To test it out, let’s first disconnect from the remote server.

Now, reconnect to our server…

… then click Bookmarks, and select the bookmark we just created.

That’s it! Selecting the bookmark has resulted in both our local computer and remote server being navigated to the directory locations we defined in the bookmark.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to use bookmarks in FileZilla.

How to change file and folder permissions using FileZilla

This demo assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer, and are connected to a remote server.

Now let’s learn how to change file permissions… something you often have to do to define whether files are readable, writable and executable.

First, locate the file on the remote server for which you want to change the permissions.

Right click the file you want to change the permissions for, then click File Permissions.

Make the adjustments to the read, write and execute permissions you need, then click OK.

Notice the numeric value of the permissions is automatically updated… you could’ve also just entered the permissions here.

That’s it! The permissions for this file have been changed, as you can see here.

You can also change the permissions of folders, in the same way. Let’s go ahead and update the folder permissions for this folder.

Right click the folder…

… then update the permissions.

That’s it! Permissions for the folder have been updated.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change file and folder permissions with FileZilla.

Setting up a connection in FileZilla’s Site Manager

This demo assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer.

Now let’s learn how to setup a connection using Site Manager.

Click the Site Manager icon here.

With Site Manager you can save remote server login information for multiple sites or servers, and even organize them in folders.

Let’s setup a new site in the Demo Sites folder.

Click New Site.

Then give the new site a name.

Enter the Host name for the new site here…

… then select the protocol and encryption type you wish to use.

Select Normal for your login type, then enter your remote server’s username and password.

Once everything is setup, click OK.

That’s it! The connection has been saved in Site Manager.

Now let’s check to make sure it works. To connect to this saved connection using Site Manager, click the drop down arrow next to the Site Manager icon.

Click Demo Sites since that’s where we put our new connection…

… then click the server name we just setup.

That’s it! We’ve successfully connected to the remote server, by using the shortcut we created in Site Manager.

To disconnect from the remote server when you’re finished, click the disconnect icon here.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup a connection in Site Manager.

How to delete remote folders using FileZilla

This demo assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer, and are connected to a remote server.

Now let’s learn how to delete folders from a remote server.

Locate the folder on the remote server that you want to delete.

Right click the folder you want to delete…

… then click Delete.

Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

That’s it! The folder has been deleted from the remote server.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to delete folders from a remote server with FileZilla.

How to upload files using FileZilla

This demo assumes you already have FileZilla running on your computer, and are connected to a remote server.

Now let’s learn how to upload files to a remote server.

First, navigate to the remote folder where you want to upload the files.

Locate and select the file in the left window (your local computer)…

Then click and drag it over to the right window (the remote server).

That’s it! The file has been uploaded to the remote server.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to upload files to a remote server with FileZilla.