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    How to Import Private Key in FileZilla for SFTP

    By RahulSeptember 5, 20222 Mins Read

    FileZilla is most popular FTP client used by users for connecting FTP server from local system. It has lots of features to use a remote server. But most of them don’t have more idea of how to connect sftp using Filezilla.

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    If you don’t want to use a password, you can simply use SSH private key with Filezilla to authenticate on a key basis. This article will help you with How to import private keys in Filezilla for sftp access.

    Download FileZilla Client: click here to download filezilla client

    Requirement

    FileZilla Client: You must have the Filezilla client installed on your system.
    SSH Private Key: You must have an ssh private key to attach to the Filezilla client.

    Step 1 – Start Filezilla

    I hope you better know how to start Filezilla on your system. We can start Filezilla using a shortcut or through program files or the command line.

    Step 2 – Add Key in Filezilla

    Follow the given below screenshots to add the primary key in FileZilla.

    2.1

    Go to Edit Menu and Click on Settings Submenu.

    FileZilla-Add-Key-1

    2.2

    Select SFTP under Connection and click Add key file.

    FileZilla-Add-Key-2

    2.3

    Select private key file. Your Key file will be added to the List. Now Just click OK.

    FileZilla-Add-Key-3

    Sometimes Filezilla prompt to convert the key in the case provided key is not in the correct format that Filezilla supports. Feel free to convert the file and save it with some other name.

    Step 3 – Connect to SFTP Server

    Enter the detail of Host, Username, and Port ( if not using the default ) and click on Quickconnect

    .Filezilla-SFTP-Connect

    You may also visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laN-dXhrttA for video tutorial. Thank You! for using this article.

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    9 Comments

    1. Saravana Kumar on May 19, 2021 5:15 am

      Unable to add Private key..After browsed Private..trying to add key..but no response after selecting PPk file

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      • Jose Chavarria on May 23, 2021 11:57 am

        same

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      • Munaza on June 12, 2021 12:35 pm

        Same issue . Please anybody can help??

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        • Lee on July 9, 2021 6:31 pm

          You probably have a v3 private key, which Filezilla doesn’t yet support. You can use puttygen to create a v2 private key from your v3 one. Then you will be able to follow the steps on this site to import the v2 private key.

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    2. Samuel Gwokuda on October 21, 2019 1:35 pm

      Worked like charm. Thank you

      Reply
    3. StuBarker on September 25, 2019 10:01 am

      Excellent instructions.
      Very clear

      Reply
    4. abitalk on March 3, 2016 7:08 pm

      Thanks for the detail tutorial. It works.

      Reply
    5. Katie on October 13, 2015 2:46 am

      Hi, Do you have any information on how to find my Private Key? I don’t know what it is. Many thanks

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      • Ashish on June 12, 2020 10:29 am

        You can generate the private using keygen command from your server or you can also use putty keygen software to generate the public and private key.

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