How to Import Email Accounts in cPanel

May 25, 2022 / cPanel & WHM

In this article, you will be explained how to import email accounts in cPanel. Instead of individually creating each account or forwarder, you can save time by importing.

Note: Verify the data is in a format that cPanel understands. To import data, you can utilise Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet files (.xls) or comma-separated values sheet (.csv) files.

Let us find out how to import email accounts in cPanel:

  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
    Login to cPanel
  2. Find the “Email” section and select it.
    Email Accounts
  3. Click on the “Address Importer” sub-option under it.
    Address Importer
  4. You will find 2 steps:
    1. Select the “Email Accounts” option.
      Select Email Accounts
    2. Choose CSV or XLS file on your computer.
      Select file
    3. Tick the box “Treat the first row as column headers” if you ever wish cPanel to ignore the first row of your file’s data.
      Treat the first row as column headers
  5. Click on the “Next” button.
    Next
  6. You will be directed to a new page.
    1. Choose the header for each column from the dropdown menu in the table.
      Import Email accounts
    2. Select the domain for the email accounts.
      Select the domain
    3. Click on the “Next” button.
      next
  7. Click on the “Finish” button.
    finish
  8. You will get a message “Performing Import, please be patient”.
    performing import
  9. You can check the accounts added to your “Email Accounts”.
    check accounts

In this way, you can easily import email accounts in cPanel. 

For a successful website migration, you may also need to import a MySQL database. To make this process easier, check out our comprehensive guide on how to import a MySQL database into cPanel. With this, you can easily manage your data migration and ensure a seamless transition to a new hosting environment.

 

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