# FTP Download

**FTPDownload** downloads a file from an FTP-site.

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## Properties

### Connection

Use the [Connection Editor](/reference/plugins/ftp/sharedproperties/connectioneditor.md) to provide the connection values for connecting to the FTP server.

### Remote folder

The folder on the FTP-site that contains the file(s) to download.

### Remote file name

Pattern of the file types to download.

### Destination folder

The local folder where the file(s) should be downloaded to.

### Include subfolders

Select to download files in subfolders that match the specified pattern.

### Purge destination

Select to delete local files that are not on the remote server.

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## Links

[Wikipedia: File Transfer Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol)


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