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title: How to Create a “User Level Email Filter” in cPanel
description: "It is hard to stop spam email entirely but you can filter it, discard it, deliver it to the selected folder, etc. **How to Create a User Level Email Filter?** **1.** Log in to your cPanel account. **2.** In the…"
url: "https://www.aeserver.com/support/how-to-create-a-user-level-email-filter-in-cpanel/"
updated: "2025-01-05"
category: cPanel Control Panel
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# How to Create a “User Level Email Filter” in cPanel

It is hard to stop spam email entirely but you can filter it, discard it, deliver it to the selected folder, etc.

**How to Create a User Level Email Filter?**

**1.** Log in to your cPanel account.

**2.** In the **Email** section, click on **Email Filters**.
![](/img/user-level-filtering-icon.gif)

**3.** Under **Filters by Users**, you can see all existing email accounts. Click on **Manage Filters** next to the appropriate one.
![](/img/manage-filter-by-user-level.gif)

**4.** Click on **Create a New Filter**.

**5.** Enter a name for the filter in the **Filter Name** input box.

**6.** You can filter email with many options in the filter rules. If you want to deal with an email containing a word such as **Lottery** or other words, select **Body** in the first list box and select **Contains** in the second one.

**7.** From the **Actions** drop-down menu, select **Discard Message**.

![](/img/create-filter-body.gif)

**8.** Now click on **Create**.