---
id: cloud-accounts.what-is-the-base-path
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/what-is-the-base-path
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "FTP and SFTP servers"
question: "What is the base path on an FTP or SFTP account?"
alt_questions:
  - "Base path field SFTP"
  - "Start in a specific folder on my server"
  - "Limit Storage Studio to one folder on the server"
  - "FTP remote folder setting"
  - "Leave base path blank?"
short_answer: "An optional starting folder on the server. Blank means the server's default folder; set it, for example /backups/macbook, and this account's transfers stay inside that folder."
tags: ["ftp", "sftp", "base path"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-add-an-sftp-server", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-add-an-ftp-server"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What is the base path on an FTP or SFTP account?

It's an optional starting folder on the server. Leave it blank and Storage Studio starts at the server's default landing folder. Set it — for example `/backups/macbook` — and transfers for this account are kept inside that folder.

It's a handy way to keep Storage Studio's work in one place on a shared server. To work in several areas, add a separate account for each base path with its own nickname.