How to Use the File Manager: Upload, Edit, Extract

The File Manager tab gives you full browser-based access to your server's files — no FTP client required, though SFTP is also available if you prefer a desktop tool.

What You Can Do From It

• Browse and navigate your server's entire file structure, exactly as it exists on disk.
• Edit text files directly — configs, .properties files, .yml files, scripts — with a built-in code editor (syntax highlighting included for common formats).
• Upload files by drag-and-drop or the Upload button — plugin jars, mod files, custom maps, whatever you need to add.
• Download files or folders back to your computer, individually or zipped.
• Extract archives — upload a .zip (a modpack, a world backup, a plugin bundle) and extract it in place without needing to unzip it locally first.
• Compress files/folders into a .zip — useful before downloading a full world or config backup.
• Rename, move, copy, and delete — standard file operations, all from the same interface.
• Create new files and folders directly, for when you need an empty config or a new directory structure.

Practical Uses

• Installing a plugin/mod manually: upload the .jar/.zip into the correct folder (plugins/ for most Minecraft plugin loaders, mods/ for Forge/Fabric) and restart.
• Editing server.properties or a YAML config: click the file, edit directly in the browser, save — no download/re-upload round trip needed.
• Moving a world or map: upload a .zip of the world folder, extract it, then point your config at the new folder name.
• Quick backups before a risky change: select the folder you're about to touch, compress it, download the zip — a fast manual safety net on top of the scheduled backup system.

Permissions and File Size

• Large uploads (a big modpack, a multi-GB world) can take a while over a browser upload — for very large transfers, SFTP (accessible with your panel credentials) is usually faster and more reliable than the browser uploader.
• File Manager access respects Subuser permissions — if you've added team members, you can grant or withhold file access independently of console or backup access.
• Deletions here are immediate and permanent (not sent to a trash folder) — for anything important, compress and download a copy first, or make sure a recent backup exists before doing a bulk cleanup.

This is genuinely the single most useful tab on the panel for day-to-day server management — most configuration work happens right here.