{"id":14173,"date":"2021-10-07T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14173"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:52:52","slug":"access-users-cpanel-account-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/access-users-cpanel-account-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access a User&#8217;s cPanel Account via WHM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this video for a step by step process on How to Access a User\u2019s cPanel Account via WHM<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LlRGJ0BAZo8\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As an administrator, you have the authority to take over the user accounts of your clients. You can access the cPanel account of a user with the root access of the WHM panel.<\/p>\n<h2>To Access a User&#8217;s cPanel Account<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your root account of WHM.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the <strong>Account Information<\/strong> option from the navigation menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whm_account_information.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"795\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>List Accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/whm_list_accounts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1470\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A list of all active cPanel user accounts will appear.<\/p>\n<p>4. Go to the user account you want to access and click the <strong>cPanel icon<\/strong> in front of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/whm_cp_user_account.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1636\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cPanel of the user account will open where you can freely customize its settings.<\/p>\n<p>You can use this method to open\/access any cPanel account under your WHM root.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch this video for a step by step process on How to Access a User\u2019s cPanel Account via WHM As an administrator, you have the authority to take over the user accounts of your clients. You can access the cPanel account of a user with the root access of the WHM panel. 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