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How to Change the Primary Domain Name of Your cPanel

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How to Change the Primary Domain Name of Your cPanel

It is potential to change the primary domain name of any cPanel account through WHM. Users of VPS, Reseller or Dedicated Hosting can take pleasure in this article.

Note:- Please remember of the changes which will occur if you alter your cPanel account’s primary domain name.

  • After erasing the previous domain’s DNS records, it’ll set the DNS records for the new domain to default values. As a result, to re-insert the non-default DNS records you’ll need to use Zone Editor .
  • You have to change your email address and username, to correspond to the new domain.
  • On the website some of the material will not load or display. In this case, you can contact your developer and get your website’s hard links updated.
  • You will need to reapply for the certificate for the new domain if SSL certification was issued to the primary domain.

Let’s see, how to Change a cPanel Account’s Primary Domain Name:

1. Log into your “WHM account” using login details.

2. Click on, “Select List Accounts”

3. Click the “+” button” next to it, to change a domain.

4. Click the “Modify Account button.”

5. type the “New domain name” in the Primary Domain area.

Warning: we do not suggest making any modifications to the Username field. Ever-changing the username can break the database connection, leading to web site code and configuration problems.

6. Now to save the changes Click the “Save” button from the bottom of the page

Note:- That you just will create an alias within the form of a subdomain or Addon domain whereas keeping the former domain’s credentials. it’ll act as a stopgap till you make the mandatory changes to the new domain name.

So, you’ve with success modified the primary domain name of your cPanel account. If you’re still facing any problem within the procedure mentioned on top of, be happy to reach out to the ownwebservers team for proactive support 24×7.