How to Manage Your Files Using the File Manager

Control panel4 min lezenBijgewerkt 28 aug 2026

The file manager is built into the game panel and covers almost everything you need day to day: browsing, uploading, editing, archiving and deleting files. This guide walks through all of it. For very large transfers, SFTP is the better tool; that is covered at the end.

Open the File Manager

  • Log in to your game panel and click your server.
  • In the left menu, click Files under FILES.
  • You will see a table of your server files with their Name, Size and Modified date. Folders are listed first.

Navigate Folders and Breadcrumbs

  • Click a folder to open it, and click a file to open it in the editor.
  • The breadcrumb path under the page title always starts at container, the root folder of your server.
  • Click any part of the breadcrumb to jump back to that folder, or click container to return to the root.

Search for Files

  • Use the search box above the file list. It searches the current folder and all subfolders, and supports * and ? as wildcards, for example *.cfg.
  • While searching you can tick Skip node_modules, vendor, cache and other heavy folders to speed things up on large servers.
  • Click a result to jump straight to that file or folder.

Upload Files and Folders

Two ways to upload:

  • Press the Upload button and choose Upload files or Upload folder.
  • Or simply drag files or folders from your computer onto the page. Dropped folders are uploaded recursively, including everything inside them.

Upload progress is shown while transfers run, so you can keep working in the meantime.

Create Files and Folders

  • Press New folder, enter a Folder name and press Create folder. The folder is created inside the folder you are currently viewing.
  • Press New file to open the editor with an empty file, ready to write and save.

Edit Files in the Built-In Editor

  • Click any file to open it in the code editor. The editor has a file tree on the left, tabs along the top and syntax highlighting.
  • Press the Save button or use Ctrl+S. Tabs with unsaved changes show a dot.
  • Files that are too large or binary cannot be opened in the editor; download them, edit locally and upload them again instead.
  • Running a FiveM server? For server.cfg we recommend the dedicated server.cfg Editor page under GAME SERVER in the left menu, which understands the config format.

Rename, Move, Copy and Download

Every row has a three-dots menu on the right with the file actions:

  • Rename: give the file or folder a new name.
  • Move: enter a new path to move it somewhere else, for example resources/myscript.
  • Permissions: change the file mode (chmod). Only needed in special cases.
  • Copy: duplicate a file in the same folder (files only).
  • Download: download the file to your computer (files only). To download a whole folder, archive it first (next section) and download the archive.
  • Delete: remove the file or folder.

Compress and Decompress

  • Choose Archive in the row menu to pack a file or folder into an archive.
  • For archive files (zip, tar.gz and similar) the menu shows Unarchive instead, which extracts the archive into the current folder.
  • Archiving is the fastest way to download a whole folder, or to move a large folder in one go.

Select Multiple Files and Bulk Actions

  • Tick the checkbox at the start of each row to select multiple files, or use the checkbox in the table header to select everything in the folder.
  • A bar appears at the bottom of the screen showing how many items are selected, with Move, Archive and Delete buttons that apply to the whole selection.

Delete Files

  • Use Delete in the row menu, or select multiple files and press Delete in the bar at the bottom.
  • Deleting is permanent and cannot be undone, so consider creating a backup before removing anything important.

When to Use SFTP Instead

The file manager is perfect for quick edits and small uploads. For big jobs, such as uploading a complete server or a multi-gigabyte resource pack, SFTP is faster and more reliable:

Your SFTP address and credentials are on the FTP Details page in the panel (under CONFIGURATION). Note that these SFTP credentials are separate from your game panel login.

Finished

You now know your way around the file manager. If a file refuses to upload or edit, our support team is happy to help.

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