# \[SOLVED\] Can Brave browser handle ftp

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** linux\
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088 "2021-05-12T08:18:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaelbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@michaelbr](https://community.brave.app/u/michaelbr)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088/1 "2021-05-12T08:18:11Z")

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My environment:  
OS: MX Linux 19.4  
Brave browser: Version 1.24.82 Chromium: 90.0.4430.93 (Official Build) (64-bit)  
I’m pretty sure that few years back, when I was using Windows 8.1 + FF, FF could handle ftp, now I’m using Linux, tried both Brave and FF, none worked with ftp, do you need to use another app (in my case I had to use FileZilla) to handle ftp or I’m missing something here?

When tried to open an ftp (it’s a link to download a file), the browser just went to previous page, nothing happened, this happened with Brave and FF.

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**Author:** ![fanboynz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@fanboynz](https://community.brave.app/u/fanboynz)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088/2 "2021-05-12T14:30:26Z")

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Chrome removed ftp access a while back, which also came over to Brave. Firefox is also removing ftp btw. If you use a dedicated ftp client like Filezilla, that’ll be the best option.

> **[Built-in FTP implementation to be removed in Firefox 90](https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/04/15/built-in-ftp-implementation-to-be-removed-in-firefox-90/)**
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> Last year, the Firefox platform development team announced plans to remove the built-in FTP implementation from the browser. FTP is a protocol for transferring files ...

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**Author:** ![michaelbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@michaelbr](https://community.brave.app/u/michaelbr)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088/3 "2021-05-12T15:44:34Z")

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Thanks, I thought it was weird that neither one could handle ftp.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/solved-can-brave-browser-handle-ftp/247088/4 "2021-06-11T15:44:36Z")

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