Password Secrets of Popular FTP Clients
Forgot your FTP password or want to know where your FTP client stores login credentials?
You’re in the right place. In this guide, we reveal how popular FTP clients store saved passwords and how to recover forgotten FTP passwords quickly and securely.
Password Locations of Top FTP Clients
Below is a full list of popular FTP clients, along with their encryption method, storage type and exact password location.
For more technical & password recovery details, just click on “Application name” below.
| FTP Client | Encryption | Type | Password Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32bitFTP | Custom | File (INI) | C:\Windows\32BitFtp.ini |
| ALFTP | Custom | File (INI) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Estsoft\ALFTP\ESTdb2.dat |
| Alt Commander | Plain | File (INI) | C:\Program Files (x86)\altcmd\altftp.ini |
| Auto FTP Manager | Plain | File (SQLite) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Deskshare Data\Auto FTP Manager\7.0\AutoFTPManagerSettings.db |
| AutoFTP Pro | XOR | File (INI) | C:\Ftppros\connect.ini |
| BitKinex | BLOWFISH-256-ECB | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\BitKinex\bitkinex.ds |
| Bulletproof FTP | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Bulletproof Software\Bulletproof FTP Client\2010\Sites\Bookmarks\bpftp.dat |
| CoffeeCup DirectFTP & FreeFTP | Blowfish | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\ |
| Classic FTP | RC4 | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NCH Software\ClassicFTP\FTPAccounts\Site1\[ftp_server]\0 |
| Core FTP | AES-128-EBC | Registry | HKCU\Software\FTPware\CoreFTP\Sites |
| CuteFTP | BLOWFISH | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Globalscape\CuteFTP\9.0\sm.dat |
| Cyberduck | DPAPI | Windows Credential Manager | |
| Directory Opus | Custom | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\ConfigFiles\ftp.oxc |
| Dreamweaver | DPAPI | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common\[version]\Sites |
| EmFTP | RC2 | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Emurasoft\EmFTP\Config |
| ExpanDrive | DPAPI | File & Credential Manager | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\ExpanDrive\expandrive6.favorites.js |
| FileZilla | BASE64 | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla\sitemanager.xml recentservers.xml |
| FileZilla Server | Custom | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla Server\FileZilla Server Interface.xml |
| FlashFXP | XOR | File (INI) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FlashFXP\5\sites.dat |
| Free Commander | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\FreeCommanderXE\ |
| Frigate | BASE64 | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Frigate3\FtpSite.XML |
| FTP Commander | XOR | File | C:\Program Files (x86)\FTP Commander\ftplist.txt |
| FTP Control | Custom | File (INI) | C:\Program Files (x86)\TransSoft Ltd\FTP Control 4\Profiles\Default\Internet\xenarmor.PRF |
| FTP Explorer | DPAPI | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FTP Explorer\profiles.xml |
| FTP Navigator | Custom | File | C:\FTP Navigator\Ftplist.txt |
| FTPRush (UltraFXP) | BLOWFISH | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\FTPRush\rushsite.xml |
| Global Downloader | Custom | FTP | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Global Downloader\Data\SM.arch |
| LeapFTP | XOR | File | C:\Program Files (x86)\LeapFTP 3.0\Users\Default\sites.dat |
| MultiCommander | RC4 | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\MultiCommander\UserData\FS-FTP\ftpsites.xml |
| Nicotine+ | Plain | File (INI) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Nicotine\config\config |
| RazorSQL | AES-128-CBC | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\RazorSQL\data\ftp_sites.txt |
| sFTP | PLAIN | File (JSON) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\sftpclient\db\connection_manager.db |
| SmartFTP | PLAIN | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\SmartFTP\Client 2.0\Favorites\Quick Connect\*.dat |
| SuperPuTTY | PLAIN | File (XML) | C:\Users\[user_name]\Documents\SuperPuTTY\sessions.xml |
| Total Commander | Custom | File (INI) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Ghisler\wcx_ftp.ini |
| TurboFTP | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\TurboFTP\addrbk.dat |
| WinSCP | Custom | Registry | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\Sessions |
| WS_FTP | 3 DES | File (INI) | C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Ipswitch\WS_FTP\sites\ws_ftp.ini |
| Xshell | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\Documents\NetSarang Computer\7\Xshell\Sessions\[random_name].xfp |
| XFtp | Custom | File | C:\Users\[user_name]\Documents\NetSarang Computer\7\Xftp\Sessions\[random_name].xfp |
How to Recover Passwords from FTP Clients Automatically
If you ever forget your password, now you can easily & instantly recover all your lost passwords from popular FTP Clients without any technical knowledge.
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