Domains

Overview

Use this interface to create and manage multiple domains from a single cPanel account.

Note:

Some settings only appear if your hosting provider enables them.

Domain DNS and registration

To update your domain’s DNS records, use cPanel’s Zone Editor interface (cPanel » Home » Domains » Zone Editor). Contact your hosting provider to change any records that do not appear in cPanel’s Zone Editor interface.

You cannot update or renew a domain’s registration in cPanel. To find out how to update or renew a domain’s registration, contact your hosting provider or read our How to Identify Your Registrar documentation.

Create a New Domain

To create a new domain, click Create a new Domain. A new interface will appear. It displays the domain creation settings, as well as your account’s quota status. For more information, read our Create a New Domain documentation.

The List Domains table

This interface lists your domains and allows you to perform several actions. For example, you can create a new domain, modify a domain, or force HTTPS redirects.

This interface provides the following information about your domains:

Item	Actions
Domain	Click Domain to sort the list alphabetically by account name. Click an individual domain to visit the public-facing website. The Main Domain label identifies the domain that your hosting provider listed to create this account. Your hosting provider can change your Main Domain via WHM’s Modify an Account interface (WHM » Home » Modify an Account).
Document Root	Click Document Root to sort the list alphabetically by relative directory paths. Click the home icon () or the file path to navigate to the File Manager interface (cPanel » Home » Files » File Manager) for that domain. A new interface will appear.To modify a domain’s document root, use the click Manage next to the domain. This interface displays an unlinked file path if your hosting provider disables cPanel’s File Manager interface (cPanel » Home » Files » File Manager). For more information, contact your hosting provider.
Redirects To	If the listed domain redirects to a different domain, the destination will appear here. Click a domain to visit the public-facing website. A new tab will appear. To manage redirects, use to cPanel’s Redirects interface (cPanel » Home » Domains » Redirects).
Force HTTPS Redirect	Use the Force HTTPS Redirect toggle to automatically redirect a domain’s visitors from the insecure version of the website to the version secured by your SSL certificate. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP and ensures that communication between a user and your webserver is secure. To automatically redirect the new domain’s visitors from the insecure version of the website (HTTP) to the secure version (HTTPS), set the toggle to On. To disable redirection to the secure version of the website, set the toggle to Off. Select the appropriate checkboxes and then click Force HTTPS Redirect On or Force HTTPS Redirect Off at the top of the table to perform this action on multiple accounts. Important: You can only enable redirection on a Main Domain that also possess a valid SSL certificate. If you cannot enable redirection for your domains, contact your hosting provider. The toggle will not appear for aliases. For more information about SSL, read our Guide to SSL documentation.
Actions	Manage — To manage additional settings, click Manage. A new interface will appear. Create Email — To create email addresses for the domain, click Create Email. The Email Accounts interface (cPanel » Home » Email » Email Accounts) will appear.
Show Associated Subdomains	To show subdomains that the system automatically creates, perform the following steps:Click the gear icon ().Click Show Associated Domains.This setting is only available if an addon domain exists.

Manage the Domain

To manage an individual domain, click Manage next to the domain in the Actions column. This will open the Manage the Domain interface. Use this interface to manage the domain’s document root directory, remove the domain, or perform other actions.