cPanel Username Selection

The cPanel Username Selection window lets you select how a cPanel account username is constructed when a new cPanel account needs to be created. The screenshot below shows a cPanel Username Selection window:

cPanel Username Selection window

The screenshot indicates that the username is to be selected based on the Domain Name first. If all those usernames are taken, try usernames based on the First Name. If all those are taken too, try usernames based on Last Name. If the system is still not able to find a username, it will move the account into temporary failure status and retry again later. The username selection methods with a description of each method are given below:

▪	Domain Name: Build usernames from the first few characters of the domain name (only the part before the first dot is used).

▪	First Name: Build usernames from the first few characters of the first name of the customer.

▪	Last Name: Build usernames from the first few characters of the last name of the customer.

▪	First Name and Last Name: Build usernames from a combination of the first name and last name of the customer. For example, first name followed by a few characters of the last name, first name underscore last name, first character of the first name followed by the last name, etc.

▪	Primary Email: Build usernames from the primary email address. For example, the first few characters of the part before the @, the part before the @ combined with a few characters of the part after the @, etc.

▪	Domain Name Random: Build usernames from the first few characters of the domain name followed by 2 random digits.

▪	First Name Random: Build usernames from the first few characters of the first name of the customer followed by 2 random digits.

▪	Last Name Random: Build usernames from the first few characters of the last name of the customer followed by 2 random digits.

▪	Random: Build usernames consisting of random alphabets and numbers but starting with an alphabet.

The username methods can be dragged between the Active and Inactive lists. They can also be dragged up and down in the Active list to change their priority. The username methods at the top of the Active list have a higher priority while the ones at the bottom have a lower priority. The screenshot below shows a username method being dragged from the Inactive list to the Active list:

cPanel Username Selection Drag Drop