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What is cPanel file manager? 

cPanel organizes all the files in your account into folders. Use the File Manager interface to manage and edit your files. It looks similar to window explorer file manager if you familiar with the windows file explorer

Note: Due to security and protection, AkolagTech's security team disable FTP transfer of files, we encourage our hosting clients to leverage cPanel file manager, it's secure, fast and very reliable, your files and contents are encrypted during transfer with SSL certificate. This is our recommended solution for uploading and downloading files on AkolagTech cPanel. FTP is not encrypted and not a secure way of managing file, our customer protection is our priority.

Steps in accessing your cPanel's File Manager

• Please follow the tutorial on how to access AkolagTech Cpanel by clicking here
• Login to your Cpanel account and under "FILES" click on "File Manager", click on the "public_html" folder in your root or top directory
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  NOTE: If you already created .htaccess file and its hidden you need to enable hidden file from cPanel's File Manager

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  • To see the hidden files, from the top right side, click on "Settings", then  "Preferences",  select "Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)
  • Go to cPanel -- > cPanel's file manager
  • Click on "Settings" on the top-right menu beside "Search"
  • Check the "Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)"
  • And save 
• From cPanel file manager you can create folder, upload, download, create a file, delete a file, copy a file and more
• More tutorial on File manager please click here
• For a video tutorial on file manager please click here cPanel beginner tutorial 3 - managing files in the file manager