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How to browse your game server's files with an FTP client on iPhone

Choose FTP Client in the RCON app's terminal menu, enter the host, port 21, username and password, and tap the arrow. From there you can walk through folders, see sizes and permissions, create, rename or delete items, and use Download & Copy to land a text file, a config usually, right on your clipboard.

3 min read · Updated 2026-09-15

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Why bother with FTP at all

Plenty of rented game servers hand you FTP access to the server folder instead of a shell, and that folder is where the config files, plugin folders, logs and world backups all actually live. Being able to look inside from your phone matters most when something breaks while you are nowhere near your computer. Is the config really what you think it is? Did a log quietly fill the disk? Is an old backup eating all the space?

Getting the client connected

  1. On Servers, tap the terminal button in the top bar and pick FTP Client under Connections.
  2. In FTP Connection, type the Hostname or IP your host gave you and the Port (21 is standard, rarely anything else).
  3. Enter the FTP Username and Password. Worth checking, these are usually not the same as your RCON password.
  4. Tap the arrow button. The app logs in and the file list for your start folder shows up, size and permissions included for each item.
  5. Tap a folder to open it; the up-arrow button steps back one level and the house button jumps straight back to the start folder.

What the file actions actually do

FTP actions in the app
ActionHow
Open a folderTap it
Create a folderTap the new-folder button, type a Folder name, then Create
RenameLong-press the item, Rename, type the New name
DeleteLong-press the item, Delete, confirm
Read a text fileLong-press, Download & Copy: the content goes to your clipboard

Download & Copy drops the file's text straight on the clipboard, so pasting it into Notes or a message to check a setting, or to hand an error log to a co-admin, is one tap away. The log running along the bottom of the screen tells you exactly how many bytes came down.

A real example: the plugin that broke the server

This can happen after a plugin update, when the server just will not come back up. Connect over FTP, open the plugin's folder, long-press its config file and tap Download & Copy. Paste it into Notes and hunt for whatever setting was last touched. Still broken, roll back: rename the new plugin file so the server skips loading it, then restart over RCON or SSH.

What it will not let you do

  • Plain FTP only, nothing else. SFTP (FTP over SSH) and FTPS (FTP over TLS) are both unsupported, so a host that only offers SFTP leaves this client unable to connect at all.
  • There is no upload, none. Reading, renaming, creating folders and deleting all work; sending a new file to the server does not.
  • Downloads only ever land as clipboard text, and that only makes sense for text files. Try it on a binary file, a world save, a jar, and you get unreadable garbage with no way to save it into the Files app either. This tool is for reading configs and logs, plainly, not for pulling binary files off a server.
  • Transfers stick to passive mode, which gets through most home routers and hosting firewalls without any extra configuration.

When FTP will not log in

  • Login refused often comes down to the username format. Plenty of hosts want something like a plain username followed by a server ID tacked on.
  • No listing ever appears, which points at the data connection being blocked somewhere. Try a different network first, to rule your own Wi-Fi out.
  • A timeout right on connect means it is worth testing port 21 with Port Scanner (the Common Services preset) to see whether it is even open.

Questions and answers

Is the FTP client free?
Yes. The FTP client lives entirely in the free version, no file or session limits attached.
Can I upload files from my iPhone with it?
No. It can browse, create folders, rename, delete and copy a file's text to the clipboard, but sending a file the other way is not something it does.
Does it support SFTP?
No, plain FTP only. For actual shell access, reach for the app's separate SSH tool instead.
Can I edit a config file and save it back?
Not inside the app, no. Download & Copy reads it fine, but writing a changed version back needs an upload, and that is exactly the piece this client is missing.

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