{"id":4736,"date":"2018-11-01T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/11\/01\/disable-squirrelmail-in-whm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:24:15","slug":"disable-squirrelmail-in-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/disable-squirrelmail-in-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable SquirrelMail in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/the-death-of-squirrelmail\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cPanel removes SquirrelMail starting in version 78<\/a> after not being updated since 2013, VPS owners may want to be proactive in forcing users to get comfortable with <a href=\"\/support\/email\/horde-webmail\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Horde<\/a> or <a href=\"\/support\/email\/roundcube-webmail\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roundcube<\/a>. Below we cover how to <strong>disable SquirrelMail from WebHost Manager (WHM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/whm\/log-into-whm\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Log into WHM<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Tweak Settings<\/strong> from the left.\n<p class=\"alert alert-warning\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/support\/amp\/obtain-root-access\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You may need root access to view this option<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Search \u201c<em>Squirrelmail<\/em>\u201c.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Off<\/strong> to the right. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/squirrel\/\/whm-squirrelmail-disable.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"Turn off SquirrelMail\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/squirrel\/\/whm-squirrelmail-disable.png\" title=\"Click for full image\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cPanel users<\/a> logging into <a href=\"\/support\/email\/login-to-webmail\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Webmail<\/a> won\u2019t be able to view mail using SquirrelMail. Note that this doesn\u2019t uninstall SquirrelMail. These steps also apply to disabling Horde and Roundcube is desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As cPanel removes SquirrelMail starting in version 78 after not being updated since 2013, VPS owners may want to be proactive in forcing users to get comfortable with Horde or Roundcube. Below we cover how to disable SquirrelMail from WebHost Manager (WHM). Log into WHM. Select Tweak Settings from the left. 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