Manage Files and Use SFTP

Control Panel

3 min readBeginnerLast updated Oct 29, 2026

You can manage your server's files in the browser with the Files page, or with an SFTP app for big uploads like worlds and modpacks.

The file manager

Open your server and choose Files.

The Files page with the toolbar and folder list

The icons above the list are, from left to right:

Icon	Does
New file	Create an empty file and open it in the editor.
New folder	Create a folder.
Upload	Upload files from your computer (best for files under about 100 MB).
Pull from URL	Download a file straight onto the server from a web link. Great for plugin and mod jars.
Search	Find files by name.
SFTP	Open your SFTP details.

Each row has a view/edit icon, a ⋮ menu (rename, move, copy, compress, extract, download, permissions) and a delete icon. Tick several rows to move, compress or delete them together.

Common folders

Folder / file	What's in it
`world`, `world_nether`, `world_the_end`	Your worlds. On Fabric and vanilla, all three dimensions are inside `world`.
`plugins`	Paper/Purpur plugins (`.jar`) and their config folders.
`mods`	Fabric/NeoForge/Forge mods (`.jar`).
`config`	Server-wide configs: Paper's `paper-global.yml`, and most mod configs.
`logs`	`latest.log` and older logs.
`server.properties`	The main Minecraft settings. See server.properties explained.
`ops.json`, `whitelist.json`, `banned-players.json`	Operators, whitelist and bans.

Edit a file

Choose a file's name (or its edit icon). It opens in the editor.
Make your change. The Syntax Highlighting box above the editor colours the text by file type (e.g. YAML for .yml files), which makes mistakes easier to spot.
Choose Save (stay in the editor) or Save & Close.
Restart the server so it reads the change. Most configs are only read at start-up.

The Save & Close, Save and Cancel buttons under the editor

Upload large files: connect with SFTP

For worlds, modpacks and anything over about 100 MB, use an SFTP app. It's faster, can resume, and has no size limit.

In the panel go to Settings and find SFTP Information.

SFTP details on the Settings page
Note the details. They look like this:

| Setting | Value | |---|---| | Host | gameprod1.crashcrafts.com | | Port | 2022 | | Username | yourpanelname.serverid, e.g. crashmedia.bd025a1c | | Password | The same password you use to sign in to the panel |
Install an SFTP app: WinSCP (Windows) or FileZilla (Windows, Mac, Linux).
WinSCP: New Site → File protocol: SFTP, Host name, Port number, User name, Password → Login. FileZilla: File → Site Manager → New site → Protocol: SFTP, Host, Port, Logon Type: Normal, User, Password → Connect.
Accept the server's host key the first time. Your server's files appear on the right; drag files across.

Upload a world

Stop the server.
In Files, rename the current world folder to world-old (or make a backup).
Upload your world folder with SFTP, or upload a .zip in the file manager and use ⋮ → Extract.
Make sure the folder is named to match level-name in server.properties (normally world), and that level.dat is directly inside it, not in a sub-folder.
Start the server.