---
title: "How To Manage Storage Space For Email Accounts"
description: "Has your email just stopped working? Often, an easy point to miss is storage space of email accounts. If you hit your max storage space for an email account, all email traffic stops. In this article,..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/how-to-manage-storage-space-for-email-accounts/
date: 2019-09-27
modified: 2024-09-05
author: "Christopher Maiorana"
categories: ["Email"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How To Manage Storage Space For Email Accounts

Has your email just stopped working? Often, an easy point to miss is storage space of email accounts. If you hit your max storage space for an email account, all email traffic stops. In this article, you’ll learn how to fix this issue by doing the following:

- [Viewing your storage space for email accounts in cPanel](#viewing-storage-space-email)
- [Changing storage space for email accounts in cPanel](#changing-storage-space-email)

Managing email space is an important requirement for setting up email accounts and troubleshooting issues in your hosting account. Learn how to see what space is being used and what has been allocated to various email accounts that you manage.

## How to View Your Email Storage Space

1. Log into cPanel.
2. Select **Email Accounts** under *Email*.
3. Scroll down to view the table of email accounts.

Note that email storage will be listed under “Storage: Used / Allocated / %.”

## How To Change Your Email Storage Space

1. Log into cPanel.
2. Select **Email Accounts** under *Email*.
3. Scroll down to view the table of email accounts.
4. Click **Manage** for the email account you want to manage.
5. Adjust **Allocated Storage Space**.

Here you can select exactly the desired storage space or change it to **unlimited** if it is available on your plan.

Well done! You now know how to adjust storage space for email accounts. Be sure to leave a comment or question if you have any trouble with these steps.

Most [Shared Hosting plans](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/shared-hosting) allow you to create unlimited email accounts, but some plans do have restrictions. For more email management tips, check out our guide on [how to permanently delete all email from your webmail](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/delete-all-email/).