Perform cPanel to Gmail Migration With 2 Simple Methods

Webmasters need to deal with emails regularly. They need to send or receive emails related to their business. But through cPanel, it's quite difficult to access emails from anywhere.?

In such cases, Gmail plays a vital role as a free and cloud-based email client. In this article, we'll explain to you how you can migrate your emails from cPanel to Gmail. Keep reading!

What is cPanel, and What's the Benefit of cPanel to Gmail Migration?

cPanel is basically a control panel for your web hosting. If you host your website the ancient way, you need to execute a lot of command lines manually. But cPanel allows you to complete all the tasks within a few clicks.?

cPanel automates the process of managing your web hosting tasks, including managing domains, creating email addresses, arranging website files, and others.?

However, for webmasters, migrating from cPanel to Gmail is quite beneficial. Here are some benefits of the cPanel to Gmail migration:?

• As Gmail offers cloud-based email communication, you can access your vital emails from anywhere and anytime.
• Compared to cPanel, Gmail has more security features, as it's a product of Google.
• With a Gmail account, you can also enjoy other Google products and integrate with them.
• You can easily access Gmail emails from your mobile phone.
• Gmail keeps your emails and other data more secure with the advanced spam filtering feature.

How do I migrate emails from cPanel to Gmail easily?

Fortunately, there are both manual and automated methods available to migrate your emails from cPanel to Gmail. First, we will discuss the manual method, and then we will introduce the automated migration tool.

Manual method for cPanel to Gmail migration

For this method, you will need a Google admin account. For that, you can purchase a Google Workspace subscription. Actually, you can verify your domain on Google Admin and connect your cPanel email account with Gmail. After that, you can migrate your cPanel emails and other data to Gmail.?

First, we will learn how you can verify your domain on Google Admin. Here are the steps to do it:-?

• Sign in to Google Admin, and at the center of the window, click on “Verify Domain.”

• In the next window, click on “Begin Verification.”

• You will find two methods to verify your domain. One is the “recommended method,” and the other is “alternative methods." Here, we will use alternative methods to speed up the process

• In the “Alternative Methods” section, you will have three options to verify your domain. We will use the second option, which is “HTML File Upload.” Here, click on the “this HTML verification file” hyperlink and download the HTML file.

• Now, log in to your cPanel and click on the “File Manager” button to access your website’s files.

• On the “File Manager” wizard, scroll down, and at the left side panel, you will find the “public_html” folder.
• You need to upload the html file to this “public_html” folder. For that, click on the “Upload” button at the top corner.

• Click on the “Select File” button and choose the HTML file from your device. Whenever the upload is completed, go back to the home page.

• Now, go back to the Google admin account and complete the Captcha verification. As soon as the captcha verification is done, click on the “Verify” button at the bottom.

• If you have properly uploaded the HTML file on your cPanel, it will prompt you to the “Congrations, you have successfully verified your ownership” page.?

As you have successfully verified your domain name on Google Admin, you can now access your email account (associated with the domain) through Gmail. But you will not receive your existing emails. For that, you need to perform a migration. Fortunately, Google has provided a built-in data migration feature.?

• After you verify your domain, go to the homepage of Google Admin. Scroll down and click on the “Data Migration” option.

• Under the “What would you like to migrate?” section, select “Email.” You can also select any other option as per your needs. Then click on “Continue.

• Now, in the “Migration source” field, select the “I don’t know/Other IMAP server” option.?

• In the “Connection Protocol” section, select the “Auto Select (Recommended)” option. Then, in the “role account” section, enter your email address and password. Click “Connect” at the bottom-right corner

• As a result, your connection will be successfully completed. Here, under the “Migration Start Date” section, select a time period for how many old emails you want to migrate. Under the “Migration Options” section, select options according to your needs and click on the “Select Users” button.

• Now, click on the plus (+) button, which is yellow in color and round in shape.

• Afterwards, the “Start Email Migration” window will appear. Here Under the “Migration From” section, enter the email address and password of your cPanel email from where you want to migrate emails. Under the “Migrate to” section, select the email account that you have verified on the Google admin (following the above-described method). Then click on “Start.”

• Now, the migration process has started, and it will take a little time to migrate all your existing emails.?

It’s the complete process of manually migrating your emails from cPanel to Gmail. If you find this method quite complex for you, try to use any professional tool.

An Automated Solution to Transfer Cpanel emails to Gmail

In order to speed up the email migration procedure, Regain Software has introduced the Regain IMAP Migration Tool . This tool can migrate your entire mailbox within just a few clicks, saving you time and effort.?

That’s why wherever you need IMAP migration (like cPanel to Gmail, Gmail to Outlook, or any other), we recommend this software most. Here are some benefits of using this software:?

• Quite reliable and budget-friendly.
• Comes with an easy-to-use UI.
• Offers you the ability to migrate your emails in multiple formats.
• No technical knowledge is needed for the migration.

Conclusion

In the following, we have explained both the manual and automated methods for cPanel to Gmail migration. But if you don't have much technical knowledge, we strictly suggest using the IMAP migration tool.?