{"id":10702,"date":"2021-05-11T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:10:11","slug":"how-to-change-the-primary-domain-name-of-a-cpanel-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-change-the-primary-domain-name-of-a-cpanel-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Primary Domain Name of a cPanel Account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With WHM, it is possible to change the primary domain name of any cPanel account. This article will be helpful to the VPS, Reseller or dedicated hosting users.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-info kb-wisdom-wrapr-blue\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p>Please be wary of the changes that will occur once you change the primary domain name of any cPanel account.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will set the DNS records to default values for the new domain after deleting the DNS records of the previous domain. So, you will have to reinsert the non-default DNS records with Zone Editor. Please refer to this article to <a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/learn-to-use-the-dns-zone-editor-in-cpanel\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cLearn to Use the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel\u201d (Edit)\">Learn to Use the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You have to change the email address and username in correspondence to the new domain.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the website content will not load or show. In this case, contact your developer and update the hard links of your website.<\/li>\n<li>If you have granted SSL certification to the primary domain, you will have to reissue the certificate for the changed domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>To Change the Primary Domain Name of a cPanel Account<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your WHM account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click the <strong>List Accounts<\/strong> option under the <strong>Account Information<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whm_list_acc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"746\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click the &#8216;<strong>+<\/strong>&#8216; icon beside the domain you want to change.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whm_plus_acc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1649\" height=\"658\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Click the <strong>Modify Account<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whm_mod_acc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1610\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Enter the new domain name in the <strong>Primary Domain<\/strong> field.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whm_prim_dom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1645\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-warning kb-wisdom-wrapr-red\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<p><strong>Warning<\/strong>: We recommend you not to make any changes in the <strong>Username<\/strong> field. Changing the username will disrupt the database connection causing\u00a0errors relating to site code or configuration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>6. Scroll down to the end and, click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whm_prim_dom_save.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"652\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-wrapr kb-wisdom-bulb kb-wisdom-wrapr-green\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-icon\">\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-icon\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-wisdom-col kb-wisdom-col-content\">\n<strong>Note<\/strong>: You can create an alias in the form of a subdomain or Addon domain retaining the credentials of the old domain. It will serve as a buffer while you make necessary configurations for the new domain name. Refer to this article:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-create-a-subdomain-through-cpanel\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cHow To Create A Subdomain Through cPanel?\u201d (Edit)\">How To Create A Subdomain Through cPanel?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With WHM, it is possible to change the primary domain name of any cPanel account. This article will be helpful to the VPS, Reseller or dedicated hosting users. Please be wary of the changes that will occur once you change the primary domain name of any cPanel account. 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