You can upload your files directly through cPanel using the File Manager. File Manager is a web interface that allows you to manage all files associated with your account.

This following video demonstrates some common tasks that can be accomplished with File Manager, including uploading, renaming and deleting files.

cPanel's File Manager may look slightly different depending on which version of cPanel your server is running, however, the functionality described in the video is the same.

How to Upload a File Using File Manager

To upload a file through cPanel's File Manager, please do the following:

1. Login to cPanel.
2. Under Files, click File Manager.
3. Select Web Root and Show Hidden Files, then click Go.
4. Click to open the folder to which you'd like to upload files.
5. Click Upload from the top toolbar.
6. Click Browse (some web browsers will have Choose File instead).
7. Select the file on your computer that you wish to upload.
8. Once the file has been selected, it will automatically upload. You may select additional files while uploads are in progress.

After uploading files to your account, you may wish to share them over the internet. To learn more about finding the shareable URL for your files, please read:

How to Find the URL of a File

If you want to share a web file with friends or the public, you first need to determine the path of the file.

Files on the Primary Domain

To determine the URL for files hosted on your primary domain:

1. Log in to FTP or File Manager and note the parent folder where your file is stored (normally the public_html folder).
2. Double-click the appropriate folder icon to navigate inside public_html. If you are unfamiliar with the File Manager, please see: 

   How to navigate through File Manager

   File Manager is a quick and easy way to navigate through your files.

   To access File Manager:

   1. Login to cPanel and click File Manager.
   2. In the pop-up box, choose to open Web Root and Show hidden files.

   I don't see the pop-up box. You have selected the "Skip this question, and always open this directory in the future when opening File Manager" option. To make the pop-up reappear, simply click reset all interface settings at the very bottom of your cPanel.

   To enter a folder:

   1. Double click the blue folder icon next to the name of the folder.
   2. Repeat as needed.

   To leave a folder:

   1. At the top, click Up One Level.
   2. Repeat as needed.
3. If you see the file here, you are done. If you need to navigate inside more folders to find your file, note each folder. (Folder names are case-sensitive, so you must use the exact capitalization and spelling.)
4. Once you locate your file, you should have noted the full path (a list of the folders you must go inside, respectively, to find that file).
5. Now, add the file name, exactly as it appears, to the end of the path. (File names are case-sensitive, so you must use the exact capitalization and spelling.)
   For example:
   public_html/My_Book.pdf
public_html/images/banner25x120.JPG
public_html/blog/includes/Movies/bigjump.avi
6. Almost there! Now you just need to replace public_html with http://and your primary domain name.
   For example:
   http://primarydomain.com/My_Book.pdf
http://primarydomain.com/images/banner25x120.JPG
http://primarydomain.com/blog/includes/Movies/bigjump.avi
7. Try to browse these URL's and you will see the file you uploaded.

Files on Addon Domains and Subdomains

You can even determine file URLs for addon and subdomains. Just replace the public_html/subfolder/ part with the addon or subdomain name.

For the addon domain myblogdomain.com with the document root in the blog subfolder (inside public_html). A path like public_html/blog/includes/Movies/bigjump.avi would become:

http://myblogdomain.com/includes/Movies/bigjump.avi