Windows, macOS, and Linux have built-in command-line clients see Common FTP commands. Get your new shared hosting account now and start uploading/downloading your files directly through your browser. To use your web browser to connect to an FTP site such as, where you normally enter a URL, enter: Command-line FTP. I still often use ftp:// type links, so I. Both Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Edge etc.) and Firefox stopped supporting them long ago. IE is currently the only browser that supports the ftp:// type URLs. Should you need any additional help with FTP, you can always contact our 24/7 Live Chat where our friendly operators would do their best to assist you. Longer explanation: As you probably know, Microsoft is starting to remove Internet Explorer from Windows. links - Web browser running in text mode. If you’re familiar with how spaces are represented in the browser URL as %20 you will not be surprised to hear that are also “encoded”, they can be entered like connection made using your Browser is not secure, for a secure connection you need to use an FTP client. Chromium - Open source web browser used as a base Google Chrome. You can also access directly without being prompted for Username and Password, for this you can enter them in the Note: This does not work for Additional or Addon Domain FTP Accounts because the symbol can be used just once. Connecting by Directly Using your FTP Account and Passwordġ.

Once you login your Browser will load the contents of the FTP account’s Directory.