How to Manage Email Accounts: Create, Delete, and Update

With the latest interface update, managing your Bluehost email accounts is more intuitive. This guide walks you through how to manage email accounts—from creating new ones and updating passwords to adjusting mailbox quotas and removing unused addresses. No matter if you're trying to tidy up your inbox or boost your business's email effectiveness, these clear step-by-step guidelines will help you keep your email system secure, adaptable, and simple to manage.

• Access Email Accounts
• Create New Email Accounts
• Manage Your Email Accounts
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Summary

Access Email Accounts

Depending on the type of email you have in your account, steps to manage your email accounts may vary.

• Professional Email or Google Workspace
• cPanel Email

Professional Email or Google Workspace

For advanced features and more email functionalities, Bluehost offers Professional Email or Google Workspace.

Visit the following articles to learn how to purchase, set up, and manage your email accounts.

• What is Professional Cloud Email?
• How to Set Up Google Workspace: Initial Setup Guide

cPanel Email

1. Log in to your Bluehost Account Manager.
2. Click the Hosting tab on the left-side menu.

   

3. If you have a single hosting package in your account, you'll be redirected to the management page immediately. If you have multiple hosting packages, find the hosting package you want to access and click the Settings button.

   

4. In the Overview section, click on the cPanel button below.

   

5. You will be redirected to your cPanel Dashboard. Once you are in the dashboard, click on Email Accounts.

   

Within cPanel's Email Accounts section, you can perform the following actions to manage your email accounts.

• Create New Email Accounts
• View Existing Email Accounts
• Access Webmail
• Change Mailbox Quota
• Change Email Password
• Delete an Email Account

Create New Email Accounts

1. Click + Create at the top right of the Email Accounts page.

   

2. Fill out the required fields when creating an email account.

   

   • Domain: Select the domain you want to use. Your email address will end with this domain name.
   • Username: Enter the Username for the email (e.g., Jsmith).
   • Password: Create a Password for the email account. Make sure to create a strong email account password.
      
3. For the Optional Settings, click the Edit Settings button. Additional settings will be displayed, including the mail storage space. The Storage Space section allows you to set the storage limit for the email account. The default is 500 MB, but you can adjust this based on your hosting plan's limits.

   

4. Click the +Create button to finally create your new email account.

Manage Your Email Accounts

On the Email Accounts page, you will see your existing email accounts. Use the search functionality to find email accounts by email address, username, or domain name.

• Access Webmail
• Change Mailbox Quota
• Change Email Account Password
• Delete an Email Account

Access Webmail

1. Click the Check Email button beside the email account.

   

2. Choose Roundcube as your default webmail app (if prompted), and then click Open. To prevent this prompt from appearing the next time you log in, check the box that says, "Open my inbox when I log in."

   

3. You will see the Roundcube email dashboard, where you can view, send, receive, and configure your emails.

   

Change Mailbox Quota

The Mailbox Quota field allows you to set the storage limit for an email account. The default limit is 500 MB, but you can adjust this according to your hosting plan's specifications.

1. Click Manage next to the account.

   

2. Under Storage, enter your preferred storage size (MB) or choose Unlimited under Allocated Storage Space.

   

3. Click Update Email Settings.

Change Email Account Password

1. Click Manage next to your email account.

   

2. In the Security section, enter a new password or click Generate to create a strong password

   

3. Click Update Email Settings.

Delete an Email Account

1. Click Manage next to the email account.

   

2. Scroll down and click Delete Email Account.