When the system creates a new account in cPanel, the following are the default files and folders:

1. public_html: To make your website publicly available over the Internet, please upload your web pages and images into this folder.
2. public_html/cgi-bin: CGI Bin directory.
3. public_html/images: It is used to store the images for any webpages you upload.
4. public_ftp: It contains files to be accessible via anonymous FTP.
5. public_ftp/incoming Files: Files uploaded via anonymous FTP.
6. .cpaddons: Stores information about cPanel Add-ons for particular account.
7. .trash: Items deleted or moved to trash in cPanel File Manager.
8. public_html/.htaccess: The main .htaccess file for the pages served on this cPanel account over HTTP.
9. mail/: It stores the mail data.
10. mail/new: Stores incoming mail that has not yet been marked as received by IMAP.
11. mail/cur: Mail sitting on the server.
12. mail/tmp: Temporary directory for mail.
13. tmp/: Temporary files created by cPanel in various activities. Third party scripts may also use this directory for their own temporary files.
14. tmp/awstats: Temporary and configuration files for generation of AWStats for your website.
15. tmp/awstats/awstats.yourdomain.com.conf: Configuration file for generation of AWStats for a website.
16. tmp/cpbandwidth: Temporary directory for tracking bandwidth usage through cPanel.
17. tmp/cpbandwidth/yourdomain.com-bytes_log: Number of bytes tranferred by yourdomain.com.
18. etc: Stores other information related to your website.
19. Most .(dot) files are configuration files for the respective service. e.g., .softaculous, .fantasticodata.

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