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Uploading and organizing files in the Filemanager

The Filemanager holds all public files of your website: photos, PDFs, documents. Here you can upload files, create folders, and rename, move or delete files.

Opening the Filemanager

  1. At the top right of the admin, click the Tools & Settings button (the icon with the sliders).
  2. Choose Filemanager.

On the left you see the folders and files of the current folder. Above the list is Current Directory: click a part of that path to go up a folder. Use the Filter box to search quickly by name. Click Name, Size or Kind to sort differently.

The Filemanager with the folders, the files, the button bar and the upload box at the bottom

Uploading files

  1. Open the folder where the file should go.
  2. Drag one or more files onto the Drag & drop files here box at the bottom, or click that box to choose files on your computer.
  3. Wait until the upload is finished. If a file with the same name already exists, the new file gets a number added, for example folder-1.pdf. The old file stays where it is.

Next to Upload Files you see the maximum size of a file. If dragging doesn't work, use Traditional upload: choose a file and click Upload.

Use short file names without spaces or odd characters, for example annual-report-2026.pdf. Visitors see this name in the link.

Creating a folder

  1. Go to the folder where the new folder should go.
  2. Click Create. A new folder untitled appears with an input field.
  3. Type the name and click Save.

Renaming, moving or deleting a file

  1. Click the name of the file. The details and a preview appear on the right; the button bar now shows the buttons for this file.
  2. Choose Rename (type the new name and Save), Move (choose the target folder and Move), Duplicate (makes a copy) or Delete.

When you rename or move a file, Xanti automatically updates the links and images on your pages. You then see the message References in ... object(s) updated. You cannot delete a file that is still used on your website. A deleted file first goes to the Filemanager's trash for 30 days.

Folders work the same way: open the folder and use the buttons after Directory:.

See also

  • Seeing where a file is used, cleaning up and restoring
  • Putting a PDF or other file on a page
  • Cropping, rotating or resizing an image
  • Attachments to an item

Checked: November 2026