How to terminate a cPanel account from the command line

Introduction

This article provides the steps needed to terminate a cPanel account from the command line using the removeacct script.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Run the following command.

   /scripts/removeacct $cpusername

   Please note that "$cpusername" must be replaced by the username of the account to remove.
3. Confirm that you want to remove the account by typing y.

   Are you sure you want to remove the account "$cpusername", and DNS zone files for the user? [y/N]? y