How to view disk usage for an email account in cPanel

View disk usage for an email account in cPanel

In the email account setup section of cPanel, you are allowed to set a quota for each email account. But because the system allows you to enter any quota for an email account, from 1MB to Unlimited, there is a chance that users are assigned a quota that exceeds the entire hosting account, or have already used up a huge chunk of the allowed storage size. To check the amount of disk used by an email account, follow the below steps

Step 1: Login to cPanel

Step 2: Go to Email section in cPanel dashboard

Step 3: Select the option ‘Email Disk usage’ to view the disk usage of the email account

Step 4: Choose the Email account in which you want to see the disk usage

Step 5: It will display the Disk usage and number of the messages in folder wise

Step 6: To remove messages in a particular folder, select the mailbox name and click the option ‘Manage’

Step 7: Then select the condition to delete the messages in the particular folder

Step 8: Now click the option ‘Delete Permanently’ to delete the messages

Step 1 Login to cPanel.

Step 2 Go to Email section.

Go to Email section

Step 3 Select the option ‘Email Disk usage’ in cPanel dashboard.

Click Email Disk Usage icon

Step 4 Choose the Email account in which you want to check the Disk usage.

Choose Email account

Step 5 It will display the Disk usage and the number of the messages in folder wise.

It will display disk usage and number of messages in folder wise

Step 6 To Remove the messages in the particular folder, select the mailbox name and click Manage.

Select the mailbox name and click Manage

Step 7 Then select the condition to delete the messages.

Select the condition

Step 8 Now click the option ‘Delete Permanently’ to delete the messages in the folder.

Click the option Delete Permanently