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Email Account Management: How to Create, Remove, View, and Access

Accessing the email accounts tool


Accessing your email account will vary depending on which type of account you have.

1. Log in to your Bluehost Account Manager.


2. Click on the Hosting tab in the side navigation menu on the left, and then click on Server Email.
3. In the Server Email pop-up, select Email Accounts and then click Continue to proceed.

Creating a new email account


1. Open the Email & Office tab from the side navigation menu to the left.
2. Click Manage next to the domain you wish to add an address for.
3. Click the Create button.

To create a standard cPanel email account:

1. Click on the Hosting tab in the side navigation menu on the left, and then click on Server Email.
2. In the Server Email pop-up, select Email Accounts and then click Continue to proceed.
3. Under Email Accounts, click the Create button.
Once you have the create email screen open:
1. Under Domain, choose the specific domain where you would like to create an email address at.
2. In the Username text box, type the user you would like to use (Jsmith.)
3. In the Password text box, type the password you would like for this email account.
4. The Password Strength Meter will tell if the password you have entered is strong enough. We
highly recommend you use a strong password.
5. The Mailbox quota (optional) text box is used to specify the amount of your overall hosting
storage allocated for that specific email account. The default that should be listed is 500 MB.
You can increase or decrease this number as you desire, depending on the hosting package that
you currently have.
6. Once the User, Password, and Quota are all accurate, click the Create button.

Viewing your current email accounts


Once created, click back into the Email Accounts section to view your active email addresses.
You can search for email accounts by email address, username, or domain name.

Deleting email accounts


To delete an email account once you have accessed the Email Accounts section:

1. Under Email Accounts, click on the Manage button.


2. Scroll down and then click on the Delete Email Account button

Changing the quota of an email


account
1. Under email settings, scroll down and locate the Storage section and enter a new quota for the email
account
Changing the password of an email
account
1. Under email settings, scroll down to locate the Security section and enter your preferred new password.

Click the Update Email Settings button to save changes.

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