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The Account Preferences page in cPanel lets you manage your contact details, control which email notifications you receive, change your password, and set the interface language.

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Open account preferences

Log in to cPanel through your client area or at yourdomain.com/cpanel. Go to Preferences and click Account Preferences.

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Update your contact email

Your contact email is where cPanel sends account notifications and password reset confirmations.
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Enter your email addresses

Fill in the Primary Email Address field. You can also set a Secondary Email Address as a backup.
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Confirm your identity

Enter your cPanel account password in the Account Password field.
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Save

Click Save Changes.
Use an email address that is not hosted on the same cPanel account. If your server or mailbox has a problem, you won’t receive the notification emails that tell you about it.

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Configure notification preferences

In the Contact Preferences section, you can choose which events trigger an email to your contact address. The most useful ones to keep enabled:
NotificationWhy it matters
Account approaches disk quotaYou can’t upload files or receive email once your disk space is full.
Account approaches bandwidth limitYour site becomes inaccessible once the limit is reached.
Email account approaches or is over quotaIndividual mailboxes stop receiving mail when full.
Password changesAlerts you if someone else changes your account password.
Someone logs in to my accountUseful if you suspect unauthorised access. Only sends one notice per 24 hours for each username, service, and IP address combination.
Select or clear the checkboxes for each notification, then click Save Changes.

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AutoSSL notifications

All SpeedyPage hosting plans include free AutoSSL certificates. You can control how much detail you get about AutoSSL activity:
  • All AutoSSL events — notifies you about successful installations, failures, and deferrals.
  • Failures and deferrals only (default) — skips the success messages.
  • Failures only — only notifies you when a certificate request fails.
  • Disable — turns off all AutoSSL notifications.
For most accounts, the default setting (failures and deferrals only) is the right choice. You’ll only hear from AutoSSL when something needs your attention.

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Change your password

Scroll to the Change Password section. Enter your new password or click Generate to create a strong random password. Click Save Password.
Changing your cPanel password also updates your FTP password if you use the main cPanel account for FTP access. Any saved FTP connections will need to be updated with the new password.

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Change the interface language

In the Change Language section, select a language from the dropdown menu and click Save Changes. Supported languages include English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Indonesian, and Turkish.