cPanel

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

70 guides in this section.

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

How to Add an A Record in cPanelAn 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 cPanelAn 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 cPanelcPanel's built-in IP Blocker (older builds and some documentation call it the IP Deny Manager) lets you deny web...

How to Change the PHP Version on Your Domain in cPanelSome 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 cPanelIf cPanel shows a disk space warning, or you want to know what is eating into your monthly bandwidth, cPanel has two...

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

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

How to Edit or Remove a CNAME Record in cPanelA 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 cPanelEvery 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 cPanelAn MX record (mail exchanger record) tells every sending mail server on the internet which host accepts email for...

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

How to Enable or Disable ModSecurity in cPanelModSecurity 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 AccountTwo-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds a second check to your cPanel login. Even if somebody obtains your cPanel...

How to Include or Exclude a Domain from AutoSSL in cPanelAutoSSL 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 cPanelDirectory Privacy in cPanel lets you put a username and password in front of any folder in your hosting account, so a...

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

How to Set a Different PHP Version per Domain in cPanelIf 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 cPanelSometimes a single website needs more than one PHP version. A legacy shop sitting in /shop/ may only run on PHP 8.2,...

Account Preferences

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

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

How to Log In to cPanelTwo ways to reach your cPanel control panel on Noiz hosting: single sign-on from the client area, or directly in a...

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

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

Backup & Restore

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

How to Generate a cPanel Backup and Send it to FTPA 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 AccountA recent backup is your safety net if a website is hacked, a bad update breaks it, or you delete something by...

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

Cron Jobs

How to Create a Cron Job in cPanelA 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 Edit or Delete a Cron Job in cPanelThis 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 Update the Cron Job Email Address in cPanelEvery cron job on your hosting account can email you its output. This guide shows you how to set or change the...

Databases

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

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

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

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

Domains

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

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

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

How to Redirect a Subdomain to an External URLThis 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 cPanelAn 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 DomainA 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 cPanelThis guide shows you how to remove an existing domain redirect from your Noiz hosting account using the Redirects...

How to Remove a Subdomain in cPanelA 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 cPanelAn 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 cPanelThis guide shows you how to remove a domain alias from a cPanel account. An alias (historically called a parked...

Email

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

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

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

How to Create an Email Account in cPanelAn email account gives you a mailbox at your own domain, such as you@yourdomain.com, that you can read in webmail or...

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

Files

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

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

How to Create an FTP Account in cPanelFile 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 ManagerThe cPanel File Manager lets you create, organise, and edit your website files directly in your browser, without...

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

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

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

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

PHP

How to Change the PHP Version Using the CloudLinux Selector in cPanelOn Noiz cPanel hosting that runs CloudLinux, the Select PHP Version tool (usually called the CloudLinux PHP Selector)...

How to Enable ionCube Loader Using CloudLinux Selector in cPanelThe ionCube Loader is a PHP extension that lets your server run PHP files which have been protected with the ionCube...

How to Enable or Disable PHP Extensions Using the CloudLinux Selector in cPanelPHP extensions (also called PHP modules) are the optional libraries that give PHP its extra abilities: image...

How to Enable or Disable PHP's allow_url_fopen Using CloudLinux Selector in cPanelallow_url_fopen is the PHP directive that decides whether your code is allowed to treat a remote URL as if it were a...

How to Enable or Disable PHP's display_errors via CloudLinux Selector in cPanelOn Noiz cPanel hosting that runs CloudLinux, the Select PHP Version tool lets you turn PHP's display_errors setting...

How to Enable the Mailparse PHP Extension Using CloudLinux Selector in cPanelMailparse is a PHP extension for reading and splitting apart email messages. Applications that pipe incoming mail...

How to Enable the PHP GD Extension Using the CloudLinux Selector in cPanelGD is PHP's built-in image processing library. If a site needs to resize an upload, generate a thumbnail, stamp a...

How to Increase or Decrease PHP Memory Limit via CloudLinux Selector in cPanelOn Noiz cPanel hosting that runs CloudLinux, the Select PHP Version tool (commonly called the CloudLinux PHP...

How to Increase PHP's post_max_size Value Using CloudLinux Selector in cPanelOn Noiz cPanel hosting that runs CloudLinux, the Select PHP Version tool (commonly called the CloudLinux PHP...

How to Increase PHP's upload_max_filesize Value Using CloudLinux Selector in cPanelOn Noiz cPanel hosting that runs CloudLinux, the Select PHP Version tool (commonly called the CloudLinux PHP...