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Home / Knowledgebase / cPanel Settings / Web Hosting / Change file or folder permission using File Manager

Change file or folder permission using File Manager

    1. Click on “File Manager” icon at File menu.

      Click on “File Manager” icon at File menu.

    1. Select the file or folder you would like to change the permission. Right click on the file name you would like to edit. Click on “Change Permissions”.

      Select the file or folder you would like to change the permission. Right click on the file name you would like to edit. Click on “Change Permissions”.

    1. Check the box to assign permission for each level of access. Click on “Change Permissions” button.

      Check the box to assign permission for each level of access. Click on “Change Permissions” button.

There are three levels of access for files and folders:
User: The owner of the file
Group: Other files which are in the same folder or group
World: Everyone else who isn’t either the owner of the file or in the file owner’s group

There are three types of permissions:
Read
Write
Execute

File permissions in the cPanel FIle manager will be represented by numbers instead of letters. The numbers are as follows:
7 = read, write, execute
6 = read, write
5 = read, execute
4 = read only
3 = write, execute
2 = write only
1 = execute only
0 = Access Denied