Removing a domain from cPanel removes its web-server virtual-host and DNS entries, but current cPanel documentation states that the domain's directory and contents remain on the server.
Before removal
- Create a current backup.
- Confirm the exact domain being removed.
- Review its website files and email usage.
- Remember that the Main Domain cannot be removed from the Domains interface.
- Open cPanel → Domains → Domains.
- Click Manage for the domain.
- Click Remove Domain.
- Confirm the removal.
If the removed domain had cPanel email accounts, those mailboxes disappear from the Email Accounts interface while the domain is absent, but their mail folders remain. Re-adding the domain can make those accounts visible again.
