How to connect to a website in Plesk via FTP

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How to connect to a website in Plesk via FTP?

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Domains > example.com > FTP Access to find an FTP user name.
- If the password of this FTP user is unknown, click on the username and set a new password.
- To create an additional FTP account, click Add an FTP Account. For details, visit this KB article.
Download and install an FTP client.

In this example, we are using FileZilla - a free and reliable FTP client (Download link).
Once FileZilla is downloaded and installed, start it and fill in the fields:
- FTP host. The FTP host name should be a server IP address or example.com, where example.com is a website’s Internet address. The website must be accessible from the Internet.
- FTP username from step 2
- FTP password
Click Quickconnect. After a successful connection, website's data will be listed.