Creating email accounts in cPanel

Email Accounts Updated Jan 15, 2026

Setting Up Professional Email

Create email addresses like info@yourdomain.com or your-name@yourdomain.com.

Creating an Email Account

  1. Log in to cPanel
  2. Click Email Accounts
  3. Click Create
  4. Enter the username (the part before @)
  5. Select your domain from the dropdown
  6. Set a strong password
  7. Set mailbox quota (or leave unlimited)
  8. Click Create

Password Requirements

Mailbox Quota

The quota limits how much storage each mailbox can use. Consider:

Managing Email Accounts

From the Email Accounts page you can:

Important: Deleting an email account permanently removes all emails in that mailbox.

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