{"id":1047,"date":"2021-08-18T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/08\/18\/5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:27:59","slug":"5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upgrade a Hostinger Email plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Each new <b>Hostinger Email <\/b>account created as part of the free accounts included in your hosting plan provides 1&nbsp;GB of storage for each mailbox, which is more than enough for the average user. If you want <b>more storage and security<\/b>, you can upgrade your email accounts to <b>Business Starter<\/b> or <b>Business Premium<\/b>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you have multiple mailboxes linked to the same domain name (e.g., <code>hello@domain.tld<\/code>, <code>support@domain.tld<\/code>, <code>contact@domain.tld<\/code>) and want to upgrade your email service, the upgrade applies to <b>all the mailboxes of a particular domain<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In other words, it is not possible to upgrade only a specific mailbox or mix free and paid mailboxes in the same domain<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you already have a paid email plan and are looking to upgrade only storage space for your selected mailboxes &ndash; take advantage of our <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/10627422-expand-your-mailbox-storage-with-a-flexible-email-storage-add-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flexible Storage Addon feature<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_201bf0152c\">What are the advantages of upgrading?<\/h2><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enterprise-grade <b>spam and phishing protection<\/b> for incoming and outgoing emails &ndash; the same used by <b>Google<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">More <b>inbound<\/b>\/<b>outbound email <\/b>capacity &ndash; you can find a comprehensive comparison here: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4625828-parameters-and-limits-of-hostinger-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parameters and Limits of Hostinger Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">More <b>storage<\/b>: 5 GB with <b>Business Starter<\/b>, 20 GB with <b>Business Standard<\/b>, and 50 GB with <b>Business Premium<\/b> per each email account<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_233215d19f\">How to upgrade<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/b> section and click <strong>Mailboxes<\/strong> next to the desired address:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23.png 1913w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23-1024x313.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-23-1536x469.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1913px) 100vw, 1913px\" \/><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once there, select <b>Upgrade your email plan<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1912\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22.png 1912w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22-1024x166.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-22-1536x249.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1912px) 100vw, 1912px\" \/><\/div><p>If you&rsquo;re on a Business Starter Trial, you can choose which plan to upgrade to directly, using the Choose email plan dropdown: <strong>Business Starter Email, Business&nbsp; Standard Email, <\/strong>or <strong>Business Premium Email.<\/strong> You no longer need to first upgrade to Business Starter before upgrading to a higher tier.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-25.png 1134w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-25-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-25-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/08\/2026-08-21_08-25-768x466.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1134px) 100vw, 1134px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you have a <b>Business Premium<\/b> email plan, you will see an option to <b>purchase additional mailboxes <\/b>instead<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you upgrade a <strong>Business Starter Trial<\/strong> to <strong>Business Starter<\/strong> (the same tier), you won&rsquo;t be able to purchase extra mailboxes as part of the upgrade. You can purchase additional mailboxes once the upgrade is complete. Upgrading to <strong>Business Standard<\/strong> or <strong>Business Premium<\/strong> doesn&rsquo;t have this restriction.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_158a472194\">How to purchase an email plan separately<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you don&rsquo;t have a hosting plan yet or only need email hosting, you can purchase an email-only plan. All you need to do is open the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/b> section and select <strong>Buy<\/strong><b> email<\/b>:<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20-300x96.png\" alt=\"Emails page with Buy email button highlighted next to Claim FREE email\" width=\"738\" height=\"236\" data-media-id=\"10301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20-1024x328.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20-1536x492.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/05\/2026-05-06_11-20.png 1686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">There, you will be able to choose the <b>Business Email<\/b> plan, the number of email accounts you wish to purchase, and the billing period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrading your Hostinger Email plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/5505897-como-mejorar-tu-plan-de-email-de-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/5505897-comment-mettre-a-niveau-votre-plan-email-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5505897-cara-upgrade-paket-email-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/5505897-kaip-isigyti-pazangesni-hostinger-el-pasto-plana\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5505897-como-fazer-upgrade-do-plano-de-email-da-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16516,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions\/16516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}