{"id":12575,"date":"2026-07-16T05:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:37:28","slug":"how-to-change-the-ips-tag-for-uk-domains-in-hostinger-hpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-change-the-ips-tag-for-uk-domains-in-hostinger-hpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to transfer a .UK domain from Hostinger to another provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An IPS tag is a unique identifier required by the Nominet registry to authorize and route domain transfers for .uk extensions (including .co.uk, .org.uk, and others). Previously, changing this tag required a support agent&rsquo;s manual intervention. You can now change it yourself, directly from hPanel.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-before-you-start\">Before you start<\/h2><ul>\n<li>This action is available only for domains in active status.<\/li>\n<li>Only the domain&rsquo;s actual owner can change the IPS tag &mdash; Access Manager users cannot perform this action.<\/li>\n<li>The domain&rsquo;s <strong>Domain lock<\/strong> toggle must be switched off before changing the IPS tag.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-change-your-uk-domains-ips-tag\">Change your .uk domain&rsquo;s IPS tag<\/h2><p>Changing the IPS tag immediately authorizes the transfer &mdash; this action cannot be undone once confirmed.<\/p><ol>\n<li>Log in to hPanel.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Domains<\/strong> in the left sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Find your .uk domain in the list and click <strong>Manage<\/strong> next to it. This opens the <strong>Domain Overview<\/strong> page.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1881\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1.png 1881w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1-1024x258.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46_1-1536x387.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1881px) 100vw, 1881px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the right-hand panel, scroll to the <strong>Transfer<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<li>Next to <strong>IPS tag<\/strong>, click <strong>Change<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1914\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45.png 1914w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-45-1536x637.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Enter the exact IPS tag provided by your new registrar in the <strong>New IPS tag<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Check the box confirming you understand the domain will no longer be managed by Hostinger.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Confirm<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46-e1784180880907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46-e1784180880907.png 475w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/07\/2026-07-16_12-46-e1784180880907-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Once confirmed, the domain transfer begins immediately, and management of the domain moves to your new registrar. No further action is needed in hPanel.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Confirm the exact IPS tag with your new registrar before entering it. An incorrect tag can disrupt the transfer.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to change\/update the IPS tag for .uk domains in Hostinger hPanel to authorize an external transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12632,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12575\/revisions\/12632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}