---
id: cloud-accounts.sftp-on-a-non-standard-port
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/sftp-on-a-non-standard-port
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "FTP and SFTP servers"
question: "My SFTP server uses a port other than 22. How do I set that?"
alt_questions:
  - "Custom SSH port Storage Studio"
  - "SFTP port 2222"
  - "Change SFTP port"
  - "Non-default port for SFTP account"
short_answer: "Enter it in the Port box of the SFTP form (it starts at 22), not in the Server field. For an existing account, click Edit, change the port, save and test."
tags: ["sftp", "port", "setup"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-add-an-sftp-server", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/sftp-connection-refused-or-times-out"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# My SFTP server uses a port other than 22. How do I set that?

Type the server's port into the **Port** box in the SFTP form — it starts as 22, the usual SSH port. Don't add the port to the **Server** field.

For an account you already saved, select it, click **Edit**, change **Port**, save and click **Test connection**. Your host's control panel or welcome email usually lists the SFTP port.