---
title: "How to Remove an Add-on Domain in cPanel"
description: "Remove an add-on domain from cPanel using the Domains interface or the older Addon Domains tool, and see which files, mailboxes and databases stay behind."
url: "https://docs.noiz.ie/cpanel/how-to-remove-an-add-on-domain-in-cpanel/"
section: "cPanel"
categories:
  - "Control Panels > cPanel > Domains"
last_reviewed: "27 July 2026, against the current cPanel & WHM release"
---

# 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 account. This guide shows you how to remove an add-on domain you no longer need, so it stops resolving to your hosting and frees the name up for use elsewhere.

**Last reviewed:** 27 July 2026, against the current cPanel & WHM release. This guide is written for Noiz hosting and is kept current against cPanel. It complements, and does not replace, the official cPanel documentation linked below.

### Official Documentation Reference

- [cPanel Domains interface](https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/domains/domains/) (the current, merged tool)
- cPanel Add-on Domains (legacy tool, for older versions; its documentation page has been withdrawn)

## Prerequisites

- Access to the Noiz cPanel account that holds the add-on domain.
- The add-on domain must already exist in that account. If it lives in a different account, log in to that one instead.

## Remove an Add-on Domain in cPanel

Current cPanel merges add-on domains, subdomains, and aliases into a single **Domains** interface, so add-on domains are now removed from there rather than from a separate tool.

Before you start, delete any email accounts on the domain that you no longer need (see below), and consider taking a full account backup, as cPanel recommends.

1. Log in to your Noiz cPanel account.
2. In the **Domains** section, click **Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to remove in the list, then click **Manage** in its **Actions** column.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the manage page and click **Remove Domain**.
5. In the confirmation window, click **Yes, remove this domain**.

<!-- IMG: cpanel-domains-remove | alt: cPanel Domains interface showing the Remove Domain button on the manage page for an add-on domain -->

cPanel confirms the domain has been removed, and it no longer appears in the **Domains** list. Note that you cannot remove the account's main (primary) domain from here.

## On Older cPanel Versions (the Add-on Domains Tool)

Older cPanel releases kept add-on domains in a separate **Add-on Domains** tool rather than the unified Domains interface. If your account still shows that tool, use these steps instead.

1. In the **Domains** section of the cPanel home screen, click **Addon Domains**.

![The Addon Domains icon in the Domains section of the cPanel home screen](/img/addon-domains-icon.gif)

2. Under **Modify Addon Domain**, find the domain you want to remove and click **Remove**.

![The Modify Addon Domain list with the Remove link for an add-on domain](/img/remove-addon-domain.gif)

3. Click **Remove** again in the confirmation prompt. A message confirms that the add-on domain has been removed.

## What Removing a Domain Does and Does Not Delete

Removing an add-on domain is not a full clean-up on its own. Keep the following in mind:

- It removes the domain from cPanel and deletes its DNS zone, so the name stops resolving to your hosting.
- It does **not** delete the website files in the document root. If you no longer need them, delete them separately in **File Manager**.
- Email accounts, forwarders, and autoresponders on the domain are **not** removed automatically, and once the domain is gone its email accounts no longer appear in **Email Accounts**, although their mail folders stay on the server (they reappear if you add the domain again). Delete any mailboxes, forwarders and autoresponders you do not need **before** you remove the domain.
- Databases and database users linked to the site are **not** removed.
- If you are moving the domain to another account or server, remove it here first. This avoids the common conflict where the destination refuses to add a domain that already exists elsewhere on the server.

## Troubleshooting

**The domain is not listed in Domains**: it may sit in a different cPanel account, or it is the account's main domain, which cannot be removed from this interface.

**cPanel says the domain already exists when you try to re-add it elsewhere**: a leftover DNS zone or entry can remain on the server. Open a ticket and the Noiz support team can clear it for you.

**The website still loads after removal**: this is almost always browser or DNS caching. Clear your browser cache and allow time for DNS changes to take effect.

## Need a Hand?

If you are not sure which account holds the domain, or you need a leftover DNS zone cleared after removal, the Noiz support team can help. Open a ticket from your [Noiz client area](https://www.noiz.co.za).

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Source: https://docs.noiz.ie/cpanel/how-to-remove-an-add-on-domain-in-cpanel/