{"id":3998,"date":"2016-11-03T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/11\/03\/how-to-update-contact-information-in-cpanel\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:01:12","slug":"how-to-update-contact-information-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-update-contact-information-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update Contact Information in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will cover the basic steps involved in updating your cPanel contact information. cPanel only requires that you use an email address where you can be reached for important system notifications like disk quota warnings, change of preferences, external logins, password changes, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Updating your cPanel Contact Information<\/h2>\n<p>In order to complete the steps below, it is well advised that you have a secure email address configured outside of your cPanel account. Once you have selected an email address meeting the criteria, proceed with the steps below:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/generic\/Selection_149-cPanel-blank-login.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/generic\/Selection_149-cPanel-blank-login.png\" alt=\"cPanel login screen\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log into cPanel.<\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- christopherm_cpanel_ContactPrefs_Selection_01.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_75.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_75.png\" alt=\"Choose Contact Information\"><\/a>Under <em>Preferences<\/em> choose <strong>Contact Information.<\/strong>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- christopherm_cpanel_ContactPrefs_Selection_02.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_76.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_76.png\" alt=\"Update Contact Information\"><\/a>Update your contact email address.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><!-- christopherm_cpanel_ContactPrefs_Selection_03.png --><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_77.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/lanternUpdatesMay17\/cmPape_77.png\" alt=\"Click Save Button\"><\/a>Click <strong>Save.<\/strong>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Mind the various contact preferences available to you, such as <em>Notify me when: \u201cMy contact email address changes, My preference for contact email address change notifications is disabled, My account approaches its disk quota, etc.<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Well done completing this guide. Now you know how to <strong>update your contact information in cPanel!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will cover the basic steps involved in updating your cPanel contact information. cPanel only requires that you use an email address where you can be reached for important system notifications like disk quota warnings, change of preferences, external logins, password changes, and more. Updating your cPanel Contact Information In order to<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-update-contact-information-in-cpanel\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Update Contact Information in cPanel | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-update-contact-information-in-cpanel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Update Contact Information in cPanel | InMotion Hosting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this article, we will cover the basic steps involved in updating your cPanel contact information. cPanel only requires that you use an email address where you can be reached for important system notifications like disk quota warnings, change of preferences, external logins, password changes, and more. 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