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# Managing e-mail disk usage in cPanel

> You can use cPanel to view and manage disk space used by e-mail messages. Follow our step-by-step instructions to learn how.

This article describes how to view and manage e-mail disk space usage in cPanel. With this feature, you can delete messages from accounts that match a set of specific criteria.

## Managing e-mail disk usage

To manage e-mail disk usage, follow these steps:

1. Log in to cPanel.
   > 📘 Note
   >
   > If you do not know how to log in to your cPanel account, please see [this article](/docs/accessing-cpanel).

2. On the **Tools** page, in the **Email** section, click **Email Disk Usage**:\
   ![cPanel - Email - Email Disk Usage icon](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-jupiter-email-email-disk-usage-icon.png)

3. On the **Email Disk Usage** page, in the **Account** list box, select the e-mail account you want to view:\
   ![cPanel - Email Disk Usage page](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-cpanel-78-email-disk-usage-page.png)

4. For each folder in the e-mail account, you can view the following statistics:

   * The number of messages.

   * The disk usage amount.

5. To free disk space, under **Actions**, click **Manage**.

6. Under **Messages to delete**, select one of the following filters to use for the messages you want to delete:

   * **1 year old or more**: This option deletes any messages that are older than one year.

   * **30 MB in size or more**: This option deletes any messages that are 30 MB or larger.

   * **Previously viewed**: This option deletes any messages that have already been opened.

   * **All messages**: This option deletes all of the messages in the folder.

   * **Custom query**: This option enables you to use Dovecot search queries to select specific sets of messages. For example, you can select all messages that contain a specific word in the subject line, all messages that are more than a week old, etc. For information about how to create Dovecot search queries, please see [https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/man/doveadm-search-query.7.html](https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/man/doveadm-search-query.7.html).
     > 📘 Note
     >
     > When you type a query in the **Dovecot query** text box, make sure you include only the query itself. Do not include **doveadm** or **search**. For example, to select all messages that are greater than 100 kilobytes in size, type **LARGER 100k** , not **doveadm search LARGER 100k**.

7. Click **Delete Permanently**. cPanel deletes the specified messages.

   > ❗️ Warning
   >
   > Be careful! You cannot recover messages after you delete them.

## Related articles

* [cPanel Mail Features](/docs/cpanel-mail-features)

* [Accessing cPanel](/docs/accessing-cpanel)