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title: How to Upload the Index File to Your Website via FileZilla
description: "You can follow this tutorial to upload the files to your hosting account. **1.** Open FileZilla FTP Client. **2.** Enter your FTP host, username, and password. You can use your cPanel username and password as your FTP user and password.…"
url: "https://www.aeserver.com/support/how-to-upload-the-index-file-to-your-website-via-filezilla/"
updated: "2025-01-05"
category: cPanel Control Panel
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# How to Upload the Index File to Your Website via FileZilla

You can follow this tutorial to upload the files to your hosting account.

**1.** Open FileZilla FTP Client.

**2.** Enter your FTP host, username, and password. You can use your cPanel username and password as your FTP user and password. Then click on **Quick Connect**.

- Enter your domain name in the **Host** field, such as **ftp.example.com** or **example.com**.

![](/img/ftp-access-filezilla-connect.gif)

**3.** Make sure that you are inside the **public_html** folder, if not then double click on it to go to the**public_html** folder.
![](/img/open-directory-by-double-click.gif)

**4.** Under **Local Site** in FileZilla, open the directory where your website files are located. Right-click on your index file and choose **Upload**.
![](/img/filezilla-ftp-client-index-upload.gif)

You can view the progress of the upload in FileZilla.