{"id":1039,"date":"2026-03-18T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=1039"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:39","slug":"use-web-disk","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-web-disk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Web Disk in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-web-disk-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-web-disk-main.png\" alt=\"Web Disk screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Create a Web Disk Account<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Web Disk<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Enter a username.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Choose the domain.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Enter and confirm a password.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Set the directory the user can access.<\/li>\n<li value=\"6\">Choose the permissions.<\/li>\n<li value=\"7\">Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Configure Web Disk on Your Device<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Web Disk<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the Web Disk account.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Configure Client Access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Choose your operating system.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Follow the setup instructions shown by cPanel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Change Web Disk Permissions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Web Disk<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the account.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click the permissions option.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Choose <strong>Read-Write<\/strong> or <strong>Read-Only<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Save the change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Delete a Web Disk Account<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Files &gt; Web Disk<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the account.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Confirm the deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Web Disk lets you access server files from your computer using WebDAV.<\/li>\n<li>Limit each account to the directory it needs.<\/li>\n<li>Use a strong password for every Web Disk account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a Web Disk Account Go to Files &gt; Web Disk. Enter a username. Choose the domain. Enter and confirm a password. Set the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[17],"class_list":["post-1039","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1039\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}