{"id":11988,"date":"2021-10-16T08:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T08:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11988"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:15:25","slug":"suspend-unsuspend-admin-account-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/suspend-unsuspend-admin-account-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Suspend\/Unsuspend an Admin Account in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managing administrators for your hosting is a task requiring you to be careful at all times. You can create and assign admin accounts to administrators, but there are times you may have to disable them temporarily. With DirectAdmin, you can easily suspend and unsuspend an admin account whenever the need arises.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how!<\/p>\n<h2>To Suspend an Admin Account<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your <em>admin<\/em> account of the DirectAdmin panel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on <strong>List Administrators<\/strong> in the <strong>Account Manager<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_list_administrators.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1222\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, you will see the list of active administrators on your hosting.<\/p>\n<p>3. Select the admin account\/accounts you want to suspend by ticking the box beside them.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click on the <b>Suspend\u00a0<\/b>button that will appear at the top-side of the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_suspend_admin_censored.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1584\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Select a <strong>Reason<\/strong> to suspend the account from the dropdown list.<\/p>\n<p>You can also enter more <em>Details<\/em>\u00a0for the account suspension in the text field if you want.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an option to <strong>Override Suspension Message<\/strong>.\u00a0Ticking it will stop DirectAdmin from sending the suspension email to the admin user.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click the <strong>SUSPEND<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_suspend_admin_acc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A tiny <em>warning<\/em> icon will appear beside the suspended admin account in the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_admin_suspended.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>To Unsuspend an Admin Account<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your <em>admin<\/em> account of the DirectAdmin panel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on <strong>List Administrators<\/strong> in the <strong>Account Manager<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_list_administrators.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1222\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, you will see the list of active administrators on your hosting.<\/p>\n<p>3. Select the suspended admin account\/accounts you want to unsuspend by ticking the box beside them.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click on the <b>Unsuspend\u00a0<\/b>button that will appear at the top-side of the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_unsuspend_admin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1571\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-box-focus kb-box-focus-rounded kb-box-focus-blue\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Unsuspend can only work on the suspended admin accounts.<\/div>\n<p>The <em>warning<\/em>\u00a0icon beside the suspended account will disappear, and a success message will flash, indicating the account is now unsuspended.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_admin_unsuspended.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1577\" height=\"572\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is that simple to\u00a0suspend and unsuspend an admin account in DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing administrators for your hosting is a task requiring you to be careful at all times. You can create and assign admin accounts to administrators, but there are times you may have to disable them temporarily. With DirectAdmin, you can easily suspend and unsuspend an admin account whenever the need arises. Let&#8217;s see how! 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