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cPanel Email: How to Mass Delete Emails

By using webmail, you can quickly remove email from an entire folder from your account, or you can remove the email complete in the control panel deleting all the files.



Deleting Emails by Folder in Roundcube

  1. Log in to your Bluehost control panel.
  2. Click the cPanel Email tab from the side navigation.
    am-cpanel-email
  3. Click Email Accounts.
    cpanel-email-accounts
  4. Click Continue.
    cpanel-email-accounts-continues
  5. In the Email Accounts section, click Check Email to access the email account.
    cpanel-check-email
  6. Once you're signed in. Select the folder you wish to remove all the emails from.
  7. At the bottom of the panel, click Select.
    cpanel-select-all-email
  8. On the drop-down, choose All.
    cpanel-select-all-email-inbox
  9. At the top of the inbox, choose Delete.
    cpanel-delete-all-emails

Deleting Emails by Folder in Horde

Note: The Horde webmail application has been removed in cPanel & WHM version 108. All Horde email, contacts, and calendars will be automatically migrated to Roundcube. For more information, read the cPanel Deprecation Plan documentation.

Deleting Emails from the Control Panel

To delete all the emails in an email account without the use of a webmail account, you can delete the email account and recreate it in your control panel. This deletes all of the emails on the server for that email account.

  1. Log in to your Bluehost control panel.
  2. Click the cPanel Email tab from the side navigation.
    am-cpanel-email
  3. Click Email Accounts.
    cpanel-email-accounts
  4. Click Continue.
    cpanel-email-accounts-continues
  5. Click Manage to the right of the appropriate email account.
    cpanel-email-manage
  6. Scroll down and click Delete Email Account.
    cpanel-delete-email-account
  7. To recreate the email, Go back to the Email Accounts page and select Create.
    cpanel-email-create-email
  8. Recreate the email account using the same username.
    cpanel-create-email-accounts

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You may also refer to our Knowledge Base articles to help answer common questions and guide you through various setup, configuration, and troubleshooting steps.