FileZilla Error: Failed to Retrieve Directory Listing

The original article discusses changes to FileZilla’s connection defaults and the error Failed to retrieve directory listing.

It describes opening File > Site Manager and changing the Encryption setting to Only use plain FTP (insecure).

This reproduces the historical suggestion, not a recommendation to disable encryption on current connections. Plain FTP is explicitly marked insecure in the source interface; the connection’s security settings require review.

This article was originally published in Turkish on 7 October 2016 and has been migrated from our previous website. This English version is a translation of the original article. The content may reflect information from that time.