{"id":12671,"date":"2021-04-09T07:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:32:40","slug":"delete-email-accounts-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/delete-email-accounts-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete your Email Accounts in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this video for a step by step process on how to Delete an Email Account in DirectAdmin<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TreCMmcDJqE\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Users can delete their email accounts in <strong>DirectAdmin<\/strong> as easily as they can create a new one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-key kb-wisdom-wrapr-blue\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Before deleting your email account, we suggest you-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a backup of your important email messages.<\/li>\n<li>Catch any email sent to that address with another email address.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the email address from all the websites, forms, online accounts, etc. or replace it with a new one.<\/li>\n<li>Continue the communication after deleting the account by setting up an email autoresponder and\\or email forwarding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moving on,<\/p>\n<h2>To Delete Email Account in DirectAdmin<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to the <strong>DirectAdmin<\/strong> panel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on <strong>E-mail Accounts<\/strong> in the <strong>E-mail Manager<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/email_acc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1454\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. A list of your current email accounts shows up. Select the email account you want to delete and click the <strong>Delete<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/del_email_da.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. The <strong>DELETE ACCOUNT<\/strong> window will pop up asking for your confirmation. Click on <strong>DELETE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/del_email_acc_da.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-info kb-wisdom-wrapr-blue\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The <strong>Clean Forwarders<\/strong> option will make DirectAdmin scan your forwarder values(not the forwarder names) and remove the deleted emails. 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