Cannot delete files on AWS EC2 via FTP, permission denied

Question

I run a WordPress site on AWS EC2 with Litespeed.

When I log in via FTP I cannot delete anything, neither plugin nor theme files. FileZilla shows a rm /path/to/file permission denied error:

Answer 1

These are due to permissions issue, as you are trying to delete the files while loggged in from user that is not the owner of those files.That www-data is server user, ask your server provider to remove those files or change the owner of files.

Answer 2

For this issue, you need to change the owner of the files. This command will work for you

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html

Run this command from your ssh and try again.

Regards