{"id":857,"date":"2018-01-07T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=857"},"modified":"2020-08-07T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:35:03","slug":"terminate-permanently-delete-account-whm","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/terminate-permanently-delete-account-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Terminate and Permanently Delete an Account in WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will show you how to terminate and permanently delete an account in WHM.<\/p>\n<p>You can easily remove a hosting account from your reseller plan which you no longer need or use from\u00a0WHM by following these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-login-into-your-cpanel-or-whm-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log into WHM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Scroll down and click on the <strong>Terminate Accounts\u00a0<\/strong>button located under the <strong>Account Functions<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/terminate-accounts-whm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/terminate-accounts-whm-1024x342.png\" alt=\"terminate account WHM\" width=\"840\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) Select one or multiple\u00a0accounts by clicking on the checkbox located in front of the username.<\/p>\n<p>You can use the search function to find the account by using either the domain name or the username of the account.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to keep the account\u2019s DNS Zone, check the box for this option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/whm-terminate-account.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-860\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/whm-terminate-account-1024x325.png\" alt=\"Terminate account WHM\" width=\"840\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) Click on <strong>Terminate<\/strong> button to proceed with the termination.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--danger   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tBefore you remove an account, we strongly recommend that you create a full backup of that account.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/whm-terminate-account2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/whm-terminate-account2-1024x155.png\" alt=\"How to remove account in WHM\" width=\"840\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) A warning message will appear next, review everything and click <strong>YES <\/strong>if you want to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-terminate-account-whm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-862\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/how-to-terminate-account-whm-1024x346.png\" alt=\"Terminate the account WHM\" width=\"840\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tPlease keep in mind that it can take some time for everything to be removed from your server depending on the size of the account.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will show you how to terminate and permanently delete an account in WHM. 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