{"id":1429,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583535-how-to-create-multiple-logins-to-your-account-at-hostinger-for-friends-or-customers\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","slug":"1583535-how-to-create-multiple-logins-to-your-account-at-hostinger-for-friends-or-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583535-how-to-create-multiple-logins-to-your-account-at-hostinger-for-friends-or-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to share access to websites in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostinger provides several ways to share access to websites with colleagues, friends, or customers. The right method depends on whether you want to share access to all websites, a single website, or only specific technical areas such as files or databases.<\/p><p data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"665\">You can share access in one of the following ways:<\/p><ul>\n<li data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"665\"><strong data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"688\">Account sharing<\/strong> (recommended) &ndash; securely share access to manage all websites under a hosting plan<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"665\"><strong data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"784\">Website collaborators<\/strong> &ndash; share access to a single website (Agency hosting only)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"665\"><strong data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"872\">FTP and MySQL accounts<\/strong> &ndash; suitable to grant limited access to files or databases only (not supported on websites created with Hostinger Horizons or Hostinger Website Builder)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-method-1-share-account-access-recommended\">Method 1 &ndash; Share account access (recommended)<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger\/\">Account Sharing<\/a> allows you to grant access to another person to manage your services. This method is suitable to share access to <strong data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1195\">all websites<\/strong> under a hosting plan.<\/p><h4>How to share access<\/h4><ol>\n<li data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1326\">Open hPanel and click <strong>Account sharing<\/strong> on the Home page lower-left menu<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1326\">On the <b>Account Sharing<\/b> page, select <b>Grant Access<\/b><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1326\"><b><\/b>Choose the services you want to share<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1326\">Select the permission level, for example, manage services only, or include purchase permissions<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1326\">Select <strong>Grant access<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p>For step-by-step instructions, refer to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583777-how-to-share-access-to-your-account-at-hostinger\/\">How to share access to your account at Hostinger<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Account sharing applies to all websites on a web or cloud hosting plan.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-method-2-add-a-collaborator-to-a-website-agency-hosting-only\">Method 2 &ndash; Add a collaborator to a website (Agency hosting only)<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">This option is available only on Agency hosting plans and allows you to grant access to a single website without sharing the entire hosting plan.<\/p><h4 data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2058\">How to add a website collaborator<\/h4><ol>\n<li data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2090\">Open hPanel &rarr; <strong>Websites<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2090\">Locate the website you want to share<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>sharing icon<\/strong> next to the website<\/li>\n<li>Enter the collaborator&rsquo;s email address and click on <strong>Send invite<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">More information here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10656950-hostinger-agency-hosting-plans-how-to-add-a-collaborator-to-my-website\/\">Agency hosting &ndash; add a collaborator<\/a><\/div><h2 id=\"h-method-3-create-ftp-and-mysql-accounts\">Method 3 &ndash; Create FTP and MySQL accounts<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you do not have an Agency hosting plan and do not want to share access to all websites, you can provide limited access to specific technical areas.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p>FTP file access and MySQL database access are not available for websites created using <strong>Hostinger Website Builder<\/strong> or <strong>Hostinger Horizons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><h4 id=\"h_00fb329255\">FTP Accounts<\/h4><p>When a hosting plan is set up, a default FTP account is created. This account provides access to all domains and files on the hosting plan.<\/p><p>To limit access to a specific website, you can create an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583246-how-to-create-additional-ftp-accounts-on-hpanel\">additional FTP account<\/a> and assign it to a specific directory:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Go to hPanel Websites &rarr; Dashboard<b>&rarr; <\/b>Files <b>&rarr;<\/b>&nbsp;<b>FTP accounts<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Specify the directory. For example, to grant access only to <code>domain.tld<\/code>, set the directory to: <code>\/home\/u123456789\/domains\/domain.tld\/public_html<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code><\/code>Enter a new username and password and click <strong><strong>Create<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"898\">This allows the collaborator to manage the files directly through an FTP client, such as FileZilla.<\/p><h4 id=\"h_2b0d3d040c\">MySQL Accounts<\/h4><p class=\"no-margin\">On web, cloud and Agency hosting, each database has a single database user. Instead of creating separate users, you can share database access by providing the existing credentials.<\/p><p data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"499\">To share MySQL access:<\/p><ol>\n<li>Open hPanel Websites &rarr; <strong>Dashboard &rarr; <\/strong>Databases &rarr; <strong>Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Note the database name, username, and password.<\/li>\n<li>Find the phpMyAdmin browser link under Databases <b>&rarr;<\/b>&nbsp;<b>phpMyAdmin<\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/e213960d-40ec-4d5e-a7b6-e2f4a3546bc3.jpg\" alt=\"The link to access phpMyAdmin directly in the browser\" width=\"1072\" height=\"480\"><\/li>\n<li>Share the phpMyAdmin link and the database login details with your collaborator.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">This allows the collaborator to manage the database directly through phpMyAdmin.<\/p><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article 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