---
title: "How to Import Email Accounts and Forwarders into cPanel"
description: "In this article, we will explain how you can import a list of email addresses and email forwarders into a cPanel account. This can be incredibly useful for beginners and advanced users migrating..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/how-to-import-email-accounts-and-forwarders-into-cpanel/
date: 2016-10-31
modified: 2026-01-22
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["cPanel", "Email"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Import Email Accounts and Forwarders into cPanel

In this article, we will explain how you can import a list of email addresses and email forwarders into a cPanel account. This can be incredibly useful for beginners and advanced users migrating content from one cPanel to another. Or, if you want to create a massive list of users from a spreadsheet instead of through cPanel directly. You can then import your spreadsheet with the method described below. For users managing multiple email accounts, keeping all email addresses and passwords in a spreadsheet may prove helpful.

- [Using a Simple .CSV File Instead of Excel Spreadsheet](#csv)
- [How to Import your CSV or Excel Spreadsheet into cPanel](#import)

## Using a Simple .CSV File Instead of Excel Spreadsheet

You can use an Excel Spreadsheet for your email content, but cPanel gives non-Excel users a simpler method for creating a sheet with any basic text editor. Below are some examples you can follow. Make sure to save these files with a `.csv` extension.

For importing email addresses:

`Email,Password,Quota`
`joe@example.com,1234,10`
`tim@example.com,4567,8`
`brad@example.com,8910,10`

For importing email forwarders:

`Source,Target`
`info@example.com,joe@example.com`
`support@example.com,tim@example.com`
`about@example.com,brad@example.com`

## How to Import your CSV or Excel Spreadsheet into cPanel

Once you have your spreadsheet or CSV file ready to import, follow along with the steps below:

1. [Log into cPanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/).
2. Under the Email section click **Address Importer**.![importing email](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-02.png)
3. If you need help creating your spreadsheet file, click the link in the blue alert box.![Get help creating your spreadsheet for import](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-03.png)
4. Select the kind of spreadsheet you are importing, **E-mail Accounts** or **Forwarders**.![Select your spreadsheet file format in cPanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-04.png)
5. Click **Choose File** to upload the spreadsheet file from your computer.![Choose your spreadsheet file to upload](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-05.png)
6. Select your delimiter and header preference. (In this example, we used commas in a .csv file. Make sure to leave the box checked for “Treat first row as column headers” if the first row of your spreadsheets contains headers for your columns).![Select your delimiter and header preference](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-06.png)
7. Click **Next**.![Click next to confirm your import settings](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-07.png)
8. Confirm the imported content and click **Next** again.![Review your import settings and click next to upload](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-08.png)
9. Click **Finish**.![Importing cPanel Emails Success screen](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/importemail-09.png)

You will see a notice that the import was successful. From here, you can **Import More**, or go back to your cPanel home page.

Well done on completing this tutorial. You can now import email addresses and forwarders in bulk through cPanel.

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