{"id":966,"date":"2020-06-04T17:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=966"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:30:29","slug":"how-to-change-the-file-permission-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-file-permission-in-cpanel","title":{"rendered":"How to Change The File Permission in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How to Change The File Permission in cPanel :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sometime, you may need to change the permissions of the particular file\/folder in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\"> Linux<\/a> in order to install web application or to protect your data from other to view and modify the file without your consent. To change it, simply log in and follow the steps as outlined below.<\/p>\n<p>1. Assuming you have logged into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpanel.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cPanel<\/a>, click on\u00a0<b>File Manager<\/b>\u00a0icon under group\u00a0<b>Files<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14062962406\/original\/l0iYaxq2iySP1p3kwxtkDK1kHj1MhVS7fA.png?1583806517\" alt=\"How to Change The File Permission in cPanel\" width=\"945\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. Navigate to the file\/folder that you wish to modify. Then, select the file\/folder that you require to create the right permission and click on \u201cPermissions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(hint:\u00a0You may need to double click on the blue folder icon if you wish to go into a particular folder.)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14062962407\/original\/5Q55c9n45z4awlk2cH7oh6r68-jRtDEwBw.png?1583806517\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">3. You will be showing a table to choose which permission to enable or disable. Click\u00a0<b>Change Permission<\/b>\u00a0when you are ready. Your permissions have been saved and the updated permission will be shown under\u00a0<b>Perms<\/b>\u00a0column.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/14062962405\/original\/Sil9SMLeutHtM_Xo42xbi_2NehH1ILQPDA.png?1583806517\" width=\"361\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Change The File Permission in cPanel : Sometime, you may need to change the permissions of the particular file\/folder in Linux in order to install web application or to protect your data from other to view and modify the file without your consent. To change it, simply log in and follow the steps as outlined below. 1. Assuming&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[34],"kbtag":[1543],"class_list":["post-966","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-cpanel","kbtag-file-permission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/966\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}