{"id":1475,"date":"2014-03-05T07:13:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T07:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:02:11","slug":"switch-primary-domain-name-addon-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/switch-primary-domain-name-addon-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Switch My Primary Domain Name With The Addon Domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s assume say that you have registered for one hosting account and two domain names. You are utilizing these two domain names for different websites example &#8211; <strong>domain1.com<\/strong> and <strong>domain2.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The domain &#8211; <strong>domain1.com<\/strong> is the primary domain for your hosting account and <strong>domain2.com<\/strong> is the Addon domain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The necessary steps that you should perform for switching the two domains are mentioned below. That is steps to make <strong>domain2.com<\/strong> as the primary domain and host <strong>domain2.com<\/strong> as the Addon domain.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1<\/b> <b>:<\/b> Remove <strong>domain2.com<\/strong> from the <strong>Addon<\/strong> list by logging into <strong>cPanel<\/strong> and going to <strong>Addon domains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2 : <\/b>Modify the primary domain name for your hosting account from <strong>domain1.com<\/strong> to <strong>domain2.com<\/strong>. You can execute this from going to &#8211; <strong>Help Desk<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Domain name change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This completes the process of switching the domain names. This is one way. Another way of modifying the domain names is given below:<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1 :<\/b> Create a backup of the website files for domain1.com that is situated in <strong>public_html<\/strong> folder and then remove these files or save them in some other folder.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2 :<\/b> Transfer the files from the Addon domains folder to the <strong>public_html<\/strong> directory.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3 : <\/b>Add <strong>domain1.com<\/strong> to your Addon domains list through <strong>cPanel<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Addon domains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4 : <\/b>Copy or restore the website files for domain1.com to the addon folder that is newly created.<\/p>\n<p>Pleased note that on the basis of the applications you are utilizing, additional modifications might be needed for configuring these applications so that they function perfectly from the new locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s assume say that you have registered for one hosting account and two domain names. You are utilizing these two domain names for different websites example &#8211; domain1.com and domain2.com. 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