{"id":"cloud-accounts.upload-to-web-hosting-with-storage-studio","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/upload-to-web-hosting-with-storage-studio","category":{"id":"cloud-accounts","title":"Cloud accounts"},"subcategory":{"id":"ftp-sftp","title":"FTP and SFTP servers"},"question":"Can I upload files to my website hosting with Storage Studio?","alt_questions":["Use Storage Studio as an FTP client for my website","Publish files to my web host","Shared hosting SFTP Storage Studio","Upload to cPanel hosting from Mac"],"short_answer":"Yes. Add your host as SFTP (or FTP if that's all it offers) with your control panel's details, optionally setting the base path to your site folder. Copy is the safest choice; sync can remove server files missing locally.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Add your host as an **SFTP** account (or FTP, if that's all it offers) using the details from your hosting control panel, and set the **base path** to your site's folder if you like. Then copy files there with a transfer.\n\nBe careful with **sync** and **move**: syncing makes the destination match the source, which can remove files on the server that aren't in your local folder. For a website, **copy** is usually the safe choice.","answer_html":"

Yes. Add your host as an SFTP account (or FTP, if that's all it offers) using the details from your hosting control panel, and set the base path to your site's folder if you like. Then copy files there with a transfer.

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Be careful with sync and move: syncing makes the destination match the source, which can remove files on the server that aren't in your local folder. For a website, copy is usually the safe choice.

","answer_text":"Yes. Add your host as an SFTP account (or FTP, if that's all it offers) using the details from your hosting control panel, and set the base path to your site's folder if you like. Then copy files there with a transfer.\n\nBe careful with sync and move: syncing makes the destination match the source, which can remove files on the server that aren't in your local folder. For a website, copy is usually the safe choice.","tags":["sftp","web hosting","transfers"],"related":[{"id":"cloud-accounts.how-do-i-add-an-sftp-server","question":"How do I add an SFTP server to Storage Studio?","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-add-an-sftp-server"},{"id":"cloud-accounts.ftp-vs-sftp","question":"What's the difference between FTP and SFTP?","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/ftp-vs-sftp"},{"id":"cloud-accounts.what-is-the-base-path","question":"What is the base path on an FTP or SFTP account?","url":"/faq/cloud-accounts/what-is-the-base-path"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"Can I upload files to my website hosting with Storage Studio? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Yes. Add your host as SFTP (or FTP if that's all it offers) with your control panel's details, optionally setting the base path to your site folder. Copy is the safest choice; sync can remove server files missing locally.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Cloud accounts","path":"/faq/cloud-accounts/"},{"name":"Can I upload files to my website hosting with Storage Studio?","path":"/faq/cloud-accounts/upload-to-web-hosting-with-storage-studio"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/upload-to-web-hosting-with-storage-studio","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I upload files to my website hosting with Storage Studio?","alternateName":["Use Storage Studio as an FTP client for my website","Publish files to my web host","Shared hosting SFTP Storage Studio","Upload to cPanel hosting from Mac"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes. Add your host as an SFTP account (or FTP, if that's all it offers) using the details from your hosting control panel, and set the base path to your site's folder if you like. Then copy files there with a transfer.\n\nBe careful with sync and move: syncing makes the destination match the source, which can remove files on the server that aren't in your local folder. For a website, copy is usually the safe choice.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/upload-to-web-hosting-with-storage-studio"}}]},"fragment":"
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Can I upload files to my website hosting with Storage Studio?

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Short answer: Yes. Add your host as SFTP (or FTP if that's all it offers) with your control panel's details, optionally setting the base path to your site folder. Copy is the safest choice; sync can remove server files missing locally.

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Yes. Add your host as an SFTP account (or FTP, if that's all it offers) using the details from your hosting control panel, and set the base path to your site's folder if you like. Then copy files there with a transfer.

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Be careful with sync and move: syncing makes the destination match the source, which can remove files on the server that aren't in your local folder. For a website, copy is usually the safe choice.

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