You can connect Filezilla to your cPanel either manually or with a script that automatically configures Filezilla for you. You may also use CoreFTP or Cyberduck in the exact same way.
Configure Filezilla Manually
- Download and install Filezilla
- Open Filezilla
- Put in the same username and password as you use to login to your cPanel
- Port should be set to 21 – if it’s not, enter 21
- Enter in your domain name such as domainname.com
- Click connect
Configure Filezilla automatically
- Download and install Filezilla
- Go to cPanel
- Go to FTP Accounts under File Manager
- Click Configure FTP account next to the account you want to connect with
- Click the FTP Configuration File under Filezilla to download the script
- Run the script