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title: "How to enable Account Blocked email in Drupal 7"
description: "Another of the canned emails in Drupal 7 is the Account Block notification. This is sent to any account when you have blocked the user's access to your site. This is not activated by default. To..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/enable-blocked-notification/
date: 2012-06-27
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to enable Account Blocked email in Drupal 7

Another of the canned emails in Drupal 7 is the Account Block notification. This is sent to any account when you have blocked the user’s access to your site. This is not activated by default. To activate the block notification setting in Drupal 7, follow these steps.

**Changing the Account Blocked body text in Drupal 7:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Admin dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. On the top menu bar, locate the **Configuration **option and click on it.[![_main-dashboard-configuration](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png)
3. This brings you to the main **Configuration **caterogy screen. Find the subcategory named People and click on the **Account Settings **link.
4. Once on the **Account Settings **screen, ensure sure you on the **Settings **Tab. You can find this in the upper right part of the screen. Under the **Emails **section, click on the **Account Blocke **menu option. Click on the **Notify User When Account Is Blocked** setting to enable it.

1. [![config-people-account-email-block](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-block.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-block.png)
2. Once finished, go down to the bottom of the screen and click the **Save Configuration** button.

You have successfully changed the Account Blocked email in Drupal 7.