{"id":41,"date":"2026-07-04T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=41"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:27","slug":"manage-email-accounts","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/manage-email-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Email Accounts in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-email-accounts-with-test-mailbox-11.png\" alt=\"Email Accounts screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Go to <strong>Email &gt; Email Accounts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Use the search box if you need to find a specific email account.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Click <strong>Check Email<\/strong> to open the mailbox in Webmail.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Click <strong>Manage<\/strong> to change the password, storage limit, restrictions, or other account settings.<\/li>\n<li value=\"6\">Click <strong>Connect Devices<\/strong> to get the mail settings for Outlook, Apple Mail, mobile devices, or another mail app.<\/li>\n<li value=\"7\">Click the account row or the more-options icon if you need extra actions, such as deleting the account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Create a New Email Account<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Enter the mailbox name, choose the domain, and set the password.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Create<\/strong> again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Delete an Email Account<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the email account in the list.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Open the account actions.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Confirm the deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Deleting an email account permanently removes its mail and data.<\/li>\n<li>You cannot delete the cPanel system user email account.<\/li>\n<li>Your hosting provider controls how many email accounts you can create.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps Log in to cPanel. Go to Email &gt; Email Accounts. Use the search box if you need to find a specific email account.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[14],"class_list":["post-41","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/41\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}