VPS & Dedicated Hosting: Change WHM and cPanel Contact Email

WHM and cPanel send important system notifications to the contact email stored in your account settings. These alerts inform you of major updates or changes, such as password resets, package modifications, account changes, and server‑level updates. Keeping your contact email updated ensures you never miss important notices affecting your Bluehost hosting environment.

• WHM Notices
• Change WHM Notification Email Address
• Change cPanel Notification Email Address
• Summary
   

WHM Notices

WHM notices are generated whenever significant updates or system‑level changes occur within WHM or cPanel. These alerts help you stay informed about important activity on your Bluehost server.

WHM supports only one contact email per cPanel account; however, individual cPanel users can configure their own preferred notification email directly within cPanel.

For Bluehost VPS and Dedicated Hosting customers, WHM includes the Contact Manager, which allows you to route notifications to multiple email addresses and assign different priority levels. This feature is ideal for teams that require system alerts to reach several administrators or departments simultaneously.

Change WHM Notification Email Address

To update the WHM contact email:

1. Log in to your Bluehost Portal.
2. Click Hosting in the left-hand menu.
3. In the hosting details page, click the WHM button.

   
    

4. Under Account Information, select List Accounts.

   
    

5. Locate the primary domain associated with your billing account and click the + icon.

   
    

6. Under Change Contact Email, enter the new email address you wish to use.

   
    

7. Click Change to save the update.

Change cPanel Notification Email Address

• Through WHM
• Through cPanel

Change cPanel Contact Email Through WHM

1. Log in to WHM.
2. Under Account Information, click List Accounts.

   
    

3. Expand the account by clicking the + icon.

   
    

4. Enter the preferred email under Change Contact Email.

   
    

5. Click Change.

Change cPanel Contact Email Through cPanel

Individual cPanel users can update their notification email directly:

1. Log in to cPanel.
2. Under Preferences, click Contact Information.

   
    

3. Enter your preferred primary email address and choose the types of events you want to be notified about by checking the appropriate boxes.

   
    

4. Click Save.

Updating these options ensures you receive notices about account warnings, password changes, exceeded quotas, and more.

Summary

Keeping your WHM and cPanel contact email settings updated in Bluehost ensures you always receive critical system notifications about account changes, security alerts, and server updates. Whether you manage a single account or multiple accounts, Bluehost makes it easy to update these settings through WHM, cPanel, or the Contact Manager on VPS and Dedicated Hosting plans. By following the steps above, you can ensure your hosting environment remains secure, monitored, and fully under your control.