cPanel

Managing your hosting through cPanel: domains, email, files, databases and backups.

59 guides in this section.

How to Access cPanel Web Disk Web Disk lets you open the files in your hosting account as if they were a folder on your own computer. It uses the...

How to Access Email from cPanel Webmail Webmail lets you read and send email straight from a browser, without setting up a mail app on your device. This...

How to Add a CNAME Record in cPanel Zone Editor A CNAME (Canonical Name) record is a DNS alias. It tells the internet that one hostname is really just another name...

How to Add a User to a MySQL Database in cPanel Creating a MySQL database and creating a database user are two separate steps in cPanel. A new user has no access to...

How to Add an A Record in cPanel An A record is the DNS entry that points a domain or a subdomain at an IPv4 address. It is what tells the rest of the...

How to Add an MX Record in cPanel An MX record (short for mail exchanger record) is the DNS record that tells the rest of the internet which server...

How to Block an IP Address in cPanel cPanel's built-in IP Blocker (older builds and some documentation call it the IP Deny Manager) lets you deny web...

How to Change an Email Account's Password in cPanel Changing an email account's password is one of the first things to do if a mailbox has been compromised, if the...

How to Change an FTP Account Password in cPanel Every cPanel account has a main FTP login plus any number of additional FTP accounts you create for specific folders...

How to Change the cPanel Theme or Style If you are looking for where to change how your cPanel interface looks, this guide explains the current position. The...

How to Change the FTP User Quota in cPanel An FTP account's quota sets the maximum amount of disk space that account is allowed to use inside its home...

How to Change the Language of Your cPanel Account cPanel ships with dozens of interface languages. Changing the language sets how the cPanel control panel is displayed...

How to Change the PHP Version on Your Domain in cPanel Some applications need a specific version of PHP: an older shopping cart that has not been updated in years, a plugin...

How to Check Disk and Bandwidth Usage in cPanel If cPanel shows a disk space warning, or you want to know what is eating into your monthly bandwidth, cPanel has two...

How to Create a Cron Job in cPanel A cron job is a task your hosting account runs automatically on a schedule you set, so a script runs by itself at a...

How to Create a MySQL Database in cPanel This guide shows you how to create a MySQL database from within cPanel. A database is where applications such as...

How to Create a MySQL Database User in cPanel This guide shows you how to create a MySQL database user in cPanel on your Noiz hosting account. A database user...

How to Create a Subdomain in cPanel A subdomain is a separate section of your existing domain that lives under it, such as blog.yourdomain.com or...

How to Create a Vacation Email Autoresponder in cPanel When you are away on holiday, off sick, or simply unavailable for a while, an email autoresponder replies to anyone...

How to Create Addon Domains in cPanel An addon domain lets you host a completely separate website from inside your existing cPanel account. The addon...

How to Create an Additional Web Disk Account in cPanel cPanel's Web Disk feature (also called WebDAV, or Web Folders on Windows) lets you mount your hosting account's files...

How to Create an Alias or Park a Domain in cPanel An alias (cPanel's current name for what used to be called a parked domain) lets an extra domain name show the exact...

How to Create an Email Account in cPanel An email account gives you a mailbox at your own domain, such as [email protected], that you can read in webmail or...

How to Create an FTP Account in cPanel File Transfer Protocol (FTP) lets you upload, download and manage the files in your hosting account from a desktop...

How to Create Folders and Files in the cPanel File Manager The cPanel File Manager lets you create, organise, and edit your website files directly in your browser, without...

How to Delete a Database in cPanel This guide shows you how to permanently remove a MySQL database from your hosting account using cPanel. Use it when...

How to Delete an FTP User Account From cPanel Deleting an FTP account removes a set of FTP login details from your hosting account. This guide shows you how to...

How to Disable Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account Two-factor authentication adds a second check to your cPanel login: after your username and password, cPanel asks for...

How to Download a Partial Backup (Home Directory, MySQL, or Email) in cPanel A partial backup lets you download one specific part of your hosting account on its own, rather than a full backup of...

How to Edit a File in the cPanel File Manager You can edit files directly on your website using the built-in File Manager in your cPanel account, without...

How to Edit or Delete a Cron Job in cPanel This guide shows you how to change the schedule or command of an existing cron job, and how to remove a cron job you...

How to Edit or Remove a CNAME Record in cPanel A CNAME record points one hostname at another hostname, so that www.yourdomain.com or shop.yourdomain.com resolves to...

How to Edit or Remove a DNS Record in cPanel Every DNS record your domain publishes, the address that points visitors at your website, the mail routing, the...

How to Edit or Remove an MX Record in cPanel An MX record (mail exchanger record) tells every sending mail server on the internet which host accepts email for...

How to Edit the .htaccess File in the cPanel File Manager The .htaccess file is a per-directory Apache configuration file that controls redirects, URL rewriting, access rules,...

How to Enable Hotlink Protection in cPanel Hotlinking (also called inline linking, or bandwidth theft) happens when another website embeds one of your images...

How to Enable or Disable ModSecurity in cPanel ModSecurity is the web application firewall that sits in front of your site and inspects every request before your...

How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Your cPanel Account Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds a second check to your cPanel login. Even if somebody obtains your cPanel...

How to Forward Email to Gmail or Another Provider in cPanel Email forwarding lets you send a copy of every message that arrives at one address to another mailbox automatically,...

How to Generate a cPanel Backup and Send it to FTP A full cPanel backup packages everything in your hosting account (your home directory and website files, databases,...

How to Generate and Download a Full Backup of Your cPanel Account A recent backup is your safety net if a website is hacked, a bad update breaks it, or you delete something by...

How to Include or Exclude a Domain from AutoSSL in cPanel AutoSSL is the cPanel feature that issues and renews free domain-validated SSL certificates for the domains on your...

How to Password Protect a Directory in cPanel Directory Privacy in cPanel lets you put a username and password in front of any folder in your hosting account, so a...

How to Redirect a Subdomain to an External URL This guide shows you how to point a subdomain (for example shop.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is an example...

How to Redirect an Add-on Domain in cPanel An add-on domain lets you host a second, fully separate website inside the same cPanel account. Sometimes you do not...

How to Redirect Your Website to Any Page or External Domain A redirect sends anyone who visits one web address straight on to another. You can point your whole domain at a...

How to Remove a Domain Redirect in cPanel This guide shows you how to remove an existing domain redirect from your Noiz hosting account using the Redirects...

How to Remove a Subdomain in cPanel A subdomain is a separate section of your main domain that behaves like its own site, for example blog.yourdomain.com...

How to Remove an Add-on Domain in cPanel An add-on domain lets you host a completely separate website, with its own domain name, inside a single cPanel...

How to Remove Parked Domains and Aliases in cPanel This guide shows you how to remove a domain alias from a cPanel account. An alias (historically called a parked...

How to Rename a MySQL Database in cPanel This guide shows you how to rename an existing MySQL database from within cPanel on your Noiz hosting account. It is...

How to Reset the PHP Version to the Default in cPanel If a domain on your cPanel account has been pinned to a specific PHP version and you want it to follow the server...

How to Reset Your cPanel Account Password Your cPanel password is the master password for your hosting account's control panel. If you can still log in to...

How to Restore Partial Backups in cPanel A partial backup restore lets you roll back a single part of your cPanel account, your home directory, an individual...

How to Set a Different PHP Version per Domain in cPanel If your cPanel account hosts more than one website, you do not have to run them all on the same PHP release. cPanel...

How to Set the PHP Version per Directory in cPanel Sometimes a single website needs more than one PHP version. A legacy shop sitting in /shop/ may only run on PHP 8.2,...

How to Update the Cron Job Email Address in cPanel Every cron job on your hosting account can email you its output. This guide shows you how to set or change the...

How to Update Your Contact Information in cPanel cPanel uses one contact email address to send you important account notifications, including password reset...

How to Upload Files via the cPanel File Manager The cPanel File Manager lets you upload files to your hosting account straight from your web browser, with no...