Once you have learned the basic FTP, it is time to learn how to use SFTP in this tutorial so that connection password and data is transmitted securely over the internet. Note that in some webhosts may require you to have SSH access in order for SFTP to take place.

We'll show you have to use SFTP using FileZilla for Windows. (Mac users can try CyberDuck).

To connect using secure SFTP using FileZilla

Step 1: Click the File icon
Step 2: Click "New Site" and give it a name
Step 3: Enter the domain name
Step 4: Select "SFTP over SSH2"
Step 5: Select "Normal" login type
Step 6: Enter username and password
Step 7: Click Connect

To ensure that you are connected via SFTP, you should see "initializing SFTP connection" in the Filezilla console.