How to manage e-mail disk usage in cPanel

This article illustrates on how to view and manage email disk space usage in cPanel

This feature allows you to remove messages from accounts that meet specified criteria.

Steps

1)  Log in to cPanel via http://domain.com/cpanel 

If you're unsure how to log into your cPanel account, you can refer to this step.

2) In the EMAIL section of the cPanel home screen, click Email Disk Usage

3) On the Email Disk Usage page, select the email account you wish to view from the Account list combo box :

4) For each folder in the email account, you can see the following statistics:

  • The number of messages.
  • The amount of disk usage.

5) To free up disk space, under Actions, click Manage.

6) Under Messages to delete, choose one of the following filters for the messages you want to remove:

  • 1 year old or more: This option removes any messages that are older than one year.
  • 30 MB in size or more: This option removes any messages that are 30 MB or larger.
  • Previously viewed: This option removes any messages that have already been opened.
  • All messages: This option removes all messages in the folder.
  • Custom query: This option allows you to use Dovecot search queries to select specific sets of messages. For example, you can choose all messages that contain a specific word in the subject line, all messages that are over a week old, etc.

Sample:


IMPORTANT REMARK (TERMS AND CONDITION)

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP LOCALLY FOR THE EMAIL BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH EMAIL REMOVAL

ALL TYPES OF EMAIL RECOVERY ARE CHARGEABLE ONCE CONFIRMATION FROM BACKUP AVAILABILITY IS RECEIVED

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