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title: "WinSCP With Wasabi"
slug: "how-do-i-use-winscp-with-wasabi"
updated: 2026-09-22T15:35:29Z
published: 2026-09-22T15:35:29Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/how-do-i-use-winscp-with-wasabi"
---

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# WinSCP With Wasabi

[WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/index.php) is a popular file manager client for Windows that can be used with Wasabi by following the instructions below.

1. Open winscp, the login prompt will automatically pop up to make a new connection
2. Make sure left side of the login prompt has new site selected
3. Select amazon s3 under file protocol
4. Change [s3.amazonaws.com](http://s3.amazonaws.com/) to [s3.wasabisys.com](http://s3.wasabisys.com/) for the hostname. Note that this example uses Wasabi’s us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in [Service URLs for Wasabi's Storage Regions](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions).
5. Enter your Wasabi API Access Key and your Wasabi API Secret Key in the appropriate fields and click **Login**. See screenshot example below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/k26nxvl1fkonyga6migpqmceclip0.png)