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title: "How to change the Account Cancellation email body text in Drupal 7"
description: "Users will sometimes cancel their account registration for your site, also known as 'opting out.' When this occurs you will want to send them a cancellation confirmation email. This is a last chance..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/set-cancellation-email/
date: 2012-06-27
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to change the Account Cancellation email body text in Drupal 7

Users will sometimes cancel their account registration for your site, also known as ‘opting out.’ When this occurs you will want to send them a cancellation confirmation email. This is a last chance email in case they changed their mind or made a mistake. You may want to customize the body text in your canned email section of the Drupal 7 admin dashboard. Editing the Account Cancellation text is done by simply performing the following steps.

**Modifying the Account Cancellation email text in Drupal 7:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Admin dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. Using the top menu bar, find and click on the **Configuration **option.[![_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 is the **Configuration **screen. Locate the **People **category clicking on the **Account Settings **link.
4. You are now on the the **Account Settings **screen. Be sure you are on the **Settings **Tab. This is found in the upper right part of the screen. Under the **Emails **section, click on the **Account Cancellation Confirmation** menu option. From there, edit the message in the **Body **section.

1. [![config-people-account-email-cancel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-cancel.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-cancel.png)
2. Click on the **Save Configuration **button at the bottom of the screen.

This is how you modify the Account Cancellation email in Drupal 7.