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Using The Account Preferences Interface in cPanel

cPanel Account Preferences lets users personalize their control panel experience by updating contact information, changing account passwords, selecting interface language, and adjusting notification settings. These options improve account security, accessibility, and communication while keeping essential profile details current.

Updated: June 20, 2026
By: RSH Web Editorial Staff

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Manage Your Account Settings

Use this interface to update your account preferences, including privacy options and account type.

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Consent and Privacy

This section allows you to opt in or out of **Interface Analytics**.

- By default, the Interface Analytics plugin is installed but **not enabled**.
- Both the **server owner** and **individual users** must enable the plugin for data collection to begin.
- Data is only collected based on settings chosen at both the server and account levels.

Account Type

Specify whether your account is for an **individual** or a **business**:

1. Choose your preferred type from the **Account Type** menu.
2. Click **Save Changes** to apply your selection.

Server level Account level Interface Analytics
Yes Yes Enabled
Yes No Disabled
No Yes Disabled
No No Disabled

To enable Interface Analytics, select the Allow Tracking checkbox. To disable Interface Analytics, clear the checkbox. Then, click Save Changes.

System Notifications

This function sets where on the screen that system notifications appear. To change the location of your system notifications, select a location from the menu and click Save Changes.

Note:This setting applies to every page on which a notification appears. The location of system notifications defaults to the top right of the screen. The middle-middle selection will create an overlay for the screen. Press Esc or click the X icon to close the notification.

Change language

To change your cPanel interface’s language, perform the following steps:

Select the language that you wish to use from the Language menu.
Click Save Changes. A success message will appear.

Supported languages

Note: We have deprecated our legacy locales. For more information, read the cPanel Deprecation Plan.

We support the following languages:

English
German
Indonesian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

*Note:* Legacy locales are deprecated. See the [cPanel Deprecation Plan](https://docs.cpanel.net/) for more details.

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