---
title: How to Remove Inactive Accounts & old Emails in MDaemon
description: How to remove inactive accounts and old email messages in MDaemon Email  Server via account & mail pruning settings.
image: https://blog.mdaemon.com/hubfs/MDaemon-Email-Server_Account-Pruning-TN.jpg
---

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## [How to Remove Inactive Accounts & old Emails in MDaemon](https://blog.mdaemon.com/how-to-remove-inactive-accounts-old-emails-in-mdaemon)

 By [Brad Wyro](https://blog.mdaemon.com/author/brad-wyro)

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As an IT administrator, do you find it challenging to keep up with resources and overhead as your company grows? If you use MDaemon, managing the email accounts of a growing business doesn’t have to be a time-consuming burden – because MDaemon has a feature called Account Pruning that automates the removal of inactive accounts and old email messages after a designated period of time.

## **What are the benefits of using account pruning in MDaemon?**

Pruning of inactive MDaemon accounts helps free up unused licenses, and helps improve server performance by freeing up resources such as disk space and processing power.

Watch our how-to video to learn how to remove MDaemon accounts that have been inactive for a given period of time – for all new accounts, for a specific domain, for a specific group of users, and for a specific user.

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## **Power-user Pruning Tips**

MDaemon also includes pruning features to automatically remove old messages from user folders, such a Junk E-Mail or Deleted Items. Instructions can be found here: [https://knowledge.mdaemon.com/mdaemon-accountprune](https://knowledge.mdaemon.com/mdaemon-accountprune)

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#### Written by [Brad Wyro](https://blog.mdaemon.com/author/brad-wyro)

Brad has worked in technical and marketing roles at MDaemon Technologies, where he contributes as Content Marketing Manager. Brad balances technical and creative information to develop easy to understand videos and content to educate prospects and customers.

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