{"id":1588,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583217-how-to-create-and-manage-mailboxes-for-hostinger-email\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:18","slug":"1583217-how-to-create-and-manage-mailboxes-for-hostinger-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583217-how-to-create-and-manage-mailboxes-for-hostinger-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create mailboxes in Hostinger Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guide explains how to create email addresses for your domain using Hostinger Email and how to manage them from hPanel. A mailbox or email account is an individual email address for your domain, such as <a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"621\"><code>name@yourdomain.tld<\/code><\/a> with its own password, storage space, and settings. It can be accessed through webmail or an email client.<\/p><h5>Check out email account management in action. Walk through each step with our interactive demo:<\/h5><p><button class=\"btn\" data-navattic-open=\"https:\/\/capture.navattic.com\/cmghnxrs8000004jx0y68c3d7\" data-navattic-title=\"Email Setup Tutorial\">Click me<\/button><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h2><p data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"799\">Before creating your Hostinger Email mailboxes, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"799\">The domain is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583214-how-to-add-a-website\">added<\/a> to a web, cloud or Agency hosting plan.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"799\">The email service is activated for the domain<\/li>\n<\/ul><h4 data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"841\">Activate free email trial included with web hosting<\/h4><p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"950\">If your hosting plan includes a Starter Business Email Free Trial and this is the first time creating email accounts for the hosting plan:<\/p><ol>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Go to hPanel <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Click on <strong>Start Free<\/strong> &ndash; you will also get the option to purchase Business Email.\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><br>\nIf you purchase a Business Email plan during this step, the free email trial will no longer be available for that domain, as only one email order type can be active per domain.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Select the domain from the dropdown list and click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"950\">To create a Starter Business Email Free Trial for a newly added domain to the hosting plan:<\/p><ol>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Go to hPanel <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Click on <strong>Claim free email<\/strong>.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/claim-free-hostinger-email.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/claim-free-hostinger-email.png 923w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/claim-free-hostinger-email-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/claim-free-hostinger-email-768x203.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select the domain from the dropdown list and click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h4 data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"841\">Activate Hostinger Business Email<\/h4><p>You should set up your Business Email order if:<\/p><ul>\n<li>You don&rsquo;t have a hosting plan and have Business Starter Email or Business Premium Email order pending set up, or<\/li>\n<li>You have a both a hosting plan and a Business Email order, and the domain you want to use is not added to the hosting plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">If the domain is already added and has an active Starter Business Email Free Trial order, you should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5505897-how-to-upgrade-a-hostinger-email-plan\/\">upgrade<\/a> the existing order, instead of setting up a separate one.<\/div><p>To set up your Business Email plan:<\/p><ol>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Go to hPanel <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"982\">Locate the purchased email plan.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Setup<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1292\">Once the email service is activated, you can start creating mailboxes.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1318\" id=\"h-create-a-hostinger-email-mailbox\">Create a Hostinger Email mailbox<\/h2><ol>\n<li data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1350\">Go to hPanel <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&rarr; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/emails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emails<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1399\">Locate the email plan connected to your domain and click <strong data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1423\">Mailboxes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1472\">Click <strong data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1471\">Add mailboxes<\/strong>.<br>\nIf you have a Business Email plan and are out of slots, the button will show as <strong>Buy more mailboxes<\/strong>.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-add-mailboxes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-add-mailboxes.png 904w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-add-mailboxes-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-add-mailboxes-768x230.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1510\">Enter the email name and password.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-create-mailbox-popup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-create-mailbox-popup.png 496w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/hostinger-email-create-mailbox-popup-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1531\">\n<p data-start=\"1514\" data-end=\"1531\">Click <strong data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1530\">Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The new mailbox will appear on the <strong>Mailboxes<\/strong> list.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1719\" data-end=\"1745\">Mailbox name requirements<\/h3><p data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1788\">The mailbox name must follow these rules:<\/p><ul>\n<li data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1819\">Length: 1&ndash;50 characters<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1891\">Allowed characters: letters (a&ndash;z), numbers (0&ndash;9), and periods (.)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"1959\">Cannot contain special characters such as: <code data-start=\"1940\" data-end=\"1959\">&amp; = _ ' - + , &lt; &gt;<\/code><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1962\" data-end=\"2014\">Cannot contain multiple consecutive periods (..)<\/li>\n<li>Names can begin or end with non-alphanumeric characters except periods (.)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2049\" id=\"h-manage-hostinger-email-mailboxes\">Manage Hostinger Email mailboxes<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The <strong>Mailboxes<\/strong> section lists the existing mailboxes for the domain and its management options. The list includes:<\/p><ul>\n<li data-start=\"2139\" data-end=\"2152\">Mailbox name<\/li>\n<li>Active aliases or forwarders<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2155\" data-end=\"2161\">Status<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2177\">Storage usage<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2203\">Quick access to webmail<\/li>\n<\/ul><p data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2291\">Click the <strong data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2230\">Options <\/strong>(&#8942;) menu next to a mailbox to access management actions such as:<\/p><ul>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-my-webmail-password-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change password<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4456436-how-to-manage-mail-services-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mailbox settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583221-how-to-set-up-forwarders-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create forwarders<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5240877-how-to-set-up-email-aliases-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create alias<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583449-how-to-create-auto-responder-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create an automatic reply<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583450-how-can-i-catch-all-emails-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create catch-All<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Connect apps and devices<\/li>\n<li class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-username-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delete<\/a><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-username-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If a mailbox is deleted, it can be restored within 30 days before permanent deletion. Refer to this guide: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583466-how-to-restore-a-deleted-hostinger-email-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to restore a deleted Hostinger Email mailbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><p data-start=\"2585\" data-end=\"2736\">After creating mailboxes, you can start sending and receiving emails using Hostinger Webmail or connect the mailbox to your preferred email client.<\/p><hr><p class=\"no-margin\">You can also check this comprehensive video guide.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-h2b-video\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Get Started with Hostinger Emails\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYQcIG07Dro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add new mailboxes and manage existing email accounts<\/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-1588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583217-how-to-create-and-manage-mailboxes-for-hostinger-email\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583217-como-crear-y-administrar-cuentas-de-email-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583217-comment-creer-et-gerer-un-compte-email-pour-les-emails-d-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583217-bagaimana-cara-membuat-dan-mengelola-akun-hostinger-email\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583217-kaip-sukurti-ir-valdyti-hostinger-el-pasto-paskyras\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583217-como-criar-e-gerenciar-contas-de-e-mail-para-o-e-mail-da-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583217------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588","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=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8402,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions\/8402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}