{"id":427,"date":"2025-01-22T12:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/01\/22\/10442158-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-plan-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:22:20","slug":"10442158-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-plan-using-sftp-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10442158-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-plan-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to connect to your hosting plan using SFTP in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Connect to your hosting plan using SFTP in Hostinger on Agency Hosting by turning on the SFTP only toggle on the Remote access page, then connecting with FileZilla on port 65002. SFTP is available on all hosting plans that include remote access.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">This article is intended for <strong>Agency<\/strong> <b>Hosting<\/b> users. Otherwise, please refer to <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5972689-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-using-sftp-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Connect to Your Hosting Using SFTP<\/a><\/b><\/div><h2 id=\"h_c65fa2d145\">Step 1 &ndash; Preparations<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">First, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-enabled-remote-access\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583645-how-to-enable-ssh-access-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabled remote access<\/a> by going to the <b>Remote access<\/b> page on Hostinger dashboard and clicking on the toggle next to <b>SFTP only<\/b>:<br>\n&#8203;<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/c1d2f3b5-4434-4106-8168-a0e027ea65f2.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger remote access settings with SFTP only toggle highlighted as active\" width=\"550\" data-media-id=\"2140\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have installed the client version of <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-filezilla\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/download.php?type=client\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FileZilla<\/a> on your device.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_e4cdb130cd\">Step 2 &ndash; Connecting<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can easily connect to SFTP by following one of the options below:<\/p><h3 id=\"h_4ebd520cd5\">Option 1 &ndash; Direct Access<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Open <b>FileZilla<\/b> and fill in the Quickconnect section with the configuration you got from the <b>SSH Access<\/b> section:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: The FTP IP from the <b>Remote access<\/b> section, using the <b>sftp:\/\/<\/b> protocol.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Port<\/b>: 65002<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>User<\/b>: The FTP\/SSH username<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/1285b51c-3dd5-4905-82be-2aa608771800.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger remote access panel showing SFTP IP, port, and username fields\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2141\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/04f41734-e2f4-4a19-8dba-e95f9b6e2c89.jpg\" alt=\"FileZilla quickconnect bar with host, username, password and port fields highlighted for SFTP login\" data-media-id=\"2143\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Quickconnect, <\/b>and you will be connected to FTP server.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you encounter an &ldquo;Unknown host key&rdquo; message, mark the checkbox for <b>Always trust this host<\/b> and click <b>OK<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/5d7dca21-2116-4783-b6d5-8579647b98a7.jpg\" alt=\"SFTP host key confirmation dialog with &ldquo;Always trust this host&rdquo; checked and OK button highlighted\" width=\"450\" data-media-id=\"2144\"><\/div><h3 id=\"h_31262bc7d1\">Option 2 &ndash; Site Manager<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Unlike direct access, with Site Manager, you can save your previous connection details and change the encryption type.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Open <b>Site Manager<\/b> in FileZilla:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/4bf1f0b9-b50d-4865-bf20-074a661a60ee.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger file transfer client toolbar and Host field highlighted for SFTP connection\" data-media-id=\"2145\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>New site<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/16d92dff-cd89-41c8-b5be-c6f859f3700b.jpg\" alt=\"New site button highlighted in the file manager toolbar\" data-media-id=\"2146\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Select <b>SFTP <\/b>connection:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/2cc70f7e-9f09-4660-b8dc-151437389421.jpg\" alt=\"SFTP protocol option selected in a file transfer client dropdown\" data-media-id=\"2147\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Set the configuration you got from <b>SSH Access<\/b> section:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Protocol<\/b>: SFTP &ndash; SSH File Transfer Protocol<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: FTP IP from the FTP Accounts section (for example, 185.185.185.185)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Port<\/b>: 65002<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Logon type<\/b>: Normal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>User<\/b>: FTP\/SSH Username<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/276b2456-9435-4ee5-9173-f58409ace11c.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger Remote access panel showing SSH\/SFTP details with IP, port, and username fields highlighted\" width=\"500\" data-media-id=\"2149\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">&#8203;<\/p><p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/01\/9415591a-b66c-4e59-a4f0-fed5366e9d4b.jpg\" alt=\"FTP setup fields highlighted: host IP, port 65002, and user ID in connection settings dialog\" width=\"393\" data-media-id=\"2148\"><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Connect <\/b>&ndash; and you will be connected to the server.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The SFTP\/SSH password is the same as the FTP password of your main domain. If you are not sure about the exact value, you can <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-set-a-new-password\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5634574-how-to-change-your-ftp-password-on-hostinger-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set a new password<\/a> for both FTP and SSH or create an <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-ssh-only-password\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6440760-how-to-change-an-ssh-password-on-hostinger-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSH-only password<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect to your hosting plan using SFTP in Hostinger on Agency Hosting: turn on SFTP only in Remote access, then connect with FileZilla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ftp-and-sftp"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10442158-how-to-connect-to-your-hosting-plan-using-sftp-in-hostinger","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20837,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/20837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}