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How to set up email forwarding in cPanel

Setting up email forwarding on cPanel is one of the simplest tasks as it allows you to automatically send an email addressed to one email account to another email account. In cPanel under the Emails tab, the Forwarders option allows you to create rules that dictate which email address will have their incoming emails forwarded to which destination email address.

Having email forwarded to other email accounts is also very useful if you want to combine many email accounts or if you want to create professional aliases for your main inbox so that you don’t miss any important emails.

How to Setup an Email Forwarder (in cPanel)

Here are the steps to set up an email forwarder:

Step 1: Access your cPanel account.

Access your cPanel account

To open the forwarders menu, go to cPanel Email section, then to the email tools, and click on Email Forwarders.

click on Email Forwarders

Step 2: Find and click on Add Forwarders under Create an Email Account Forwarder.

Account Forwarder

Step 3: In the first textbox, enter the prefix or the part before the @ of the email address you want to forward emails from.

forward emails from

Step 4: You can select the email address to which you want the incoming emails to be forwarded.

Step 5: In the Advanced Options section, you have the ability to forward mail to a system account and choose whether to pipe it to a specific program or simply discard the forwarded mail.

Advanced Options section

Step 6: To add the forwarder, you must click the Add Forwarder button.

Add Forwarder button

Step 7: To remove the forwarder, simply click the Delete button.

Conclusion

This guide was about the process of managing and setting up e-mail forwarders. Be careful to ensure that the e-mail addresses have been entered correctly on both sides.

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March 19, 2026