How to manage Add-on Domains in cPanel

Overview

How to manage Add-on Domains in cPanel with this article, you will get to know more about Add-on domains allow you to control multiple domains from a single account. An add-on domain links a new domain name to a directory in your account and then stores its files in that directory.

Create an add-on domain

in the first part of how to manage Add-on Domains in cPanel, you will learn how to create an add-on domain

  1. Log in to your cPanel account.
  2. The Control Panel home page will appear, at the Domain menu, click on the Add-on Domains icon.
  3. Enter the new add-on domain's name in the New Domain Name text box. When you enter the domain name, cPanel automatically populates the Subdomain and Document Root text boxes.
  4. To create multiple add-on domains with the same username and different extensions (for example, example.com and example.net ), manually enter a unique username in the Subdomain text box.
  5. To choose a document root other than the automatically populated value, manually enter the directory name in the Document Root text box.

Notes

  • The house icon represents the cPanel account's home directory.
  • For example, if you enter example1.com in the Directory text box and the cPanel account uses the /home/example home directory, the Add-on Domain will exist in the /home/example/example1.com/ directory.

Create an FTP account associated with the Add-on domain

    • cPanel automatically populates the FTP Username text box. To select a different FTP account username, manually enter the desired username.
    • Enter and confirm the new password in the appropriate text boxes.To create an FTP account for the new add-on domain, select the Create an FTP account associated with this Add-on Domain checkbox.
      If you select this checkbox, additional settings will appear:
  1. Click Add Domain.
Notes

  • The system evaluates the password that you enter on a scale of 100 points. 0 indicates a weak password, while 100 indicates a very secure password.
  • Some web hosts require a minimum password strength. A green password Strength meter indicates that the password is equal to or greater than the required password strength.
  • Click Password Generator to generate a strong password. For more information.

To add files to the add-on domain’s home directory, click File Manager.

When you create an add-on domain in the cPanel interface, the system automatically creates a subdomain. To alter or delete the subdomain after you create it, you may alter or delete the information that the add-on domain's website displays.

Also, when you create an add-on domain, parked domain, subdomain, or main domain, the system will attempt to automatically secure that domain with the best-available existing certificate.

Search add-on domains

To search the list of add-on domains, do the following steps:

  1. Enter the search criteria into the Search box.
  2. Click Go.

The interface lists results that match your search criteria.

Enable or disable add-on domain redirection

To disable or enable redirection of an add-on domain, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Manage Redirection for the add-on domain that you wish to manage.
  2. To redirect the domain, enter the link to which you wish to redirect the add-on domain.
  3. Click Save, or, to disable the redirection, click Disable Redirection.

Remove an add-on domain

To remove an add-on domain, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Remove for the add-on domain that you wish to remove.
  2. Click Yes.

 

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Updated on January 27, 2025
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