How to Suspend or Unsuspend an Account – cPanel

Question

How do you suspend or unsuspend an account?

You can suspend or unsuspend an account via WHM or from the command line.

WHM

Log in to WHM as the root user or reseller (if a reseller owns the account you wish to suspend or unsuspend)
Click Home / Account Functions / Manage Account Suspension
Select the domain or username
Click the Continue button
Optional: type in a reason in the "Reason for Suspension*" text box
Click the Suspend or Unsuspend button

Command line (Suspend)

Access the server's command line as the root user via SSH
Run the following command:

# /scripts/suspendacct USER

Note: You need to replace "USER" with the cPanel username

Command line (Unsuspend)

Access the server's command line as the root user via SSH
Run the following command:

# /scripts/unsuspendacct USER

Note: You need to replace "USER" with the cPanel username