{"id":336,"date":"2025-04-16T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/04\/16\/11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-mailbox\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:11:57","slug":"11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-mailbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-mailbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change or Delete Your Hostinger Email Mailbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently, it’s not possible to rename or change the username of an existing email address (e.g., from info@yourdomain.com<\/code> to contact@yourdomain.com<\/code>) directly in Hostinger Email.<\/p>

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To use a different name, you need to delete<\/b> the existing mailbox and create<\/b> a new one with your desired email address.<\/p>

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How to delete a mailbox<\/b><\/h2>

To remove the existing mailbox:<\/p>

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    Go to the Emails<\/a> section of hPanel.
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    Select the email plan where the mailbox is located
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    In the Mailboxes<\/b> section, find the email address you want to change and click on the ellipsis ⋮ button<\/b> next to the email account to find more options.
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    Click Delete<\/b> from the side menu and confirm.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>

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    ⚠️ Deleting a mailbox will remove all its emails permanently. Be sure to back up any important information before proceeding – How to export emails from Hostinger Email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    Deleting mailboxes in Business Email plans<\/h3>

    If you’re using a Hostinger Business Email plan (Business Starter or Business Premium), deleting a mailbox will free up a slot that you can use to create a new one within the same subscription.<\/p>

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    To also reduce the total number of mailboxes and adjust your billing accordingly, please contact us<\/a> and we will assist you.<\/p>

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    How to create a new mailbox<\/b><\/h2>

    After deletion, follow this article to create the new email address:<\/p>

    👉 How to create mailboxes in Hostinger Email<\/a><\/p>

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    Rename or remove your email address in Hostinger Email<\/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-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11091718-how-to-change-or-delete-your-hostinger-email-mailbox\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","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=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1875,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/1875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}