Easy Tech TutsHow to Delete Mail in Hostinger 2026, Remove Webmail Easily
By Impran M N
Hostinger gives you two very different ways to deal with unwanted email, and mixing them up can cost you data you meant to keep. You can permanently delete an entire mailbox — account, inbox, and all its contents — from hPanel, or you can leave the account active and just clear out messages through Webmail. This guide covers both paths so you pick the right one: a full account removal when an address is no longer needed, or a simple inbox cleanup when you just want a fresh, decluttered mailbox.
01Log in to hPanel and open Emails
Go to the Hostinger website, log in, and from your hPanel dashboard click Emails. Find the domain tied to the mailbox you want to manage and click Manage to open its email settings — this lands you on the Mailboxes page, which lists every address on that domain along with its status and storage usage.
02Delete a mailbox permanently
On the Mailboxes page, find the address you want to remove, click the three-dot menu next to it, and choose Delete. A confirmation dialog appears warning that you're about to delete the mailbox and that the email data will be removed permanently — there's no recovery step after this, so make sure nothing important is sitting in that inbox first. Click Delete again to confirm, or Cancel if you meant to just clear the inbox instead of removing the whole account.
03Open Webmail instead if you just want a cleanup
If the goal is a tidier inbox rather than removing the account entirely, click Webmail next to the mailbox in hPanel. This opens the full email client for that address — Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Junk, and Trash listed down the left side, with the message list and reading pane on the right, the same layout you'd expect from any modern webmail interface.
04Select and delete individual messages
Inside Webmail, click into the message you want to remove, or use Select in the toolbar to check multiple emails at once, then click Delete. Deleted messages move to Trash rather than disappearing instantly, so if you remove something by mistake you can still recover it from there before it's cleared permanently. This is the safer route when you're not fully sure which emails you want gone.
05Empty the Trash folder if you want space back immediately
Deleted messages sitting in Trash still count toward your mailbox's storage until the folder is emptied. Click into Trash from the left sidebar, select the messages there, and delete them a second time to clear them for good. This step matters most if you're deleting to free up storage rather than just for tidiness, since a full Trash folder can undercut the whole point of the cleanup.
06Confirm the result matches what you intended
After either path, go back and check your work: if you deleted a full mailbox, confirm it no longer appears in the Mailboxes list in hPanel; if you cleaned up messages, refresh the Webmail inbox and confirm the count and contents match what you expected. It's a quick check, but it catches the rare case where a deletion didn't fully process or where you deleted the wrong address.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between deleting an email account and cleaning up an inbox?
Deleting the mailbox in hPanel removes it and all its contents permanently with no recovery option, while cleaning up through Webmail moves messages to Trash first and keeps the account active.
Where do I manage email accounts in Hostinger?
Go to the Emails section in hPanel, find your domain, and click Manage to see all associated mailboxes and their settings.
Is deleting an email account permanent?
Yes, the confirmation dialog explicitly warns that email data is permanently removed once you confirm, so make sure you no longer need anything in that mailbox first.
Can I recover a message I deleted in Webmail?
Yes, as long as it's still sitting in the Trash folder. Once you empty Trash, those messages are gone for good, just like a fully deleted mailbox.
How do I access Webmail for a specific address?
Click the Webmail link next to that email address within hPanel's Mailboxes list — it opens the full email client for that account directly in your browser.
About the author
Impran M N
I've been hooked on technology for as long as I can remember — especially the new tools and AI apps that seem to land every other week. Easy Tech Tuts is where I write up whatever I've just worked out: I do the task in the real product, record the screen, and turn it into the guide I wish I'd found first.
