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Web Disk

Open your hosting account's files as a network drive on Windows, macOS or Linux with Web Disk (WebDAV) on the HF Files address.

Web Disk lets you open your website files as a drive on your computer and drag and drop like any other folder. It uses WebDAV over HTTPS on the HF Files address.

Where: https://files.yourdomain.com/dav/; logins are made in Control Panel › Files › Web Disk

Before you start

You sign in to Web Disk with a Web Disk login, which the account's owner makes in the Control Panel:

  • A login looks like designer@yourdomain.com and has its own password.
  • Each login opens one folder of the account (or /, the whole account), Read only or Read and write.
  • The number of logins depends on the hosting plan.
  • The owner can also let the account's own login and password open Web Disk (the whole account). This isn't available while two-factor login is on, because a network drive can't ask for the code.

The Control Panel's Web Disk screen shows the exact address and the steps for each system.

Connect on Windows

  1. Open File Explorer, right-click This PC and choose Map network drive….
  2. Pick a drive letter and type the address as the folder: https://files.yourdomain.com/dav/
  3. Tick Connect using different credentials, then Finish.
  4. Sign in with the full login (for example designer@yourdomain.com) and its password.

Note: Windows copies files up to 50 MB over Web Disk unless its WebClient limit is raised. For bigger files, use HF Files or SFTP.

Connect on macOS

  1. In Finder choose Go › Connect to Server… (⌘ + K).
  2. Type the address https://files.yourdomain.com/dav/ and click Connect.
  3. Choose Registered User and sign in with the full login and its password.

The drive appears in Finder's sidebar under Locations.

Connect on Linux

  • File manager: open Other Locations (or the address bar) and type davs://files.yourdomain.com/dav/.
  • Terminal: mount it as a folder with a WebDAV file system tool, using the same address and login.

How it works

  • Every change runs as your hosting account's own user, inside the login's folder only.
  • A Read only login can open and copy files but not change them.
  • Uploads stop when the account's disk space is full (the drive reports Insufficient Storage).
  • Repeated failed sign-ins are refused for a while, per address and per login.
  • Web Disk sign-ins and changes are written to the account's activity log.