{"id":1476,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583441-what-is-the-epp-code-and-how-to-use-it-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:16:03","slug":"1583441-what-is-the-epp-code-and-how-to-use-it-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583441-what-is-the-epp-code-and-how-to-use-it-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the EPP Code and How to Use It at Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>EPP code<\/b>, also known as an <b>authorization<\/b> or <b>auth code<\/b>, is a secret and unique set of characters assigned by the domain registrar. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">This code is a <b>safeguard <\/b>that, along with other security measures (e.g., <b><a href=\"\/support\/4791444-how-to-lock-or-unlock-a-domain-for-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">domain lock<\/a><\/b>), guarantees that only the rightful owner can transfer a domain. If the wrong EPP code is provided when setting up a domain transfer, the transfer will not be completed.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The EPP key <b>is required when transferring most TLDs<\/b>, such as .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, .US, etc. <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">At <b>Hostinger<\/b>, you can find the EPP code in the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section of hPanel: <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583203-how-to-obtain-epp-or-auth-code-for-domain-transfer-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Obtain the EPP or Auth Code for Domain Transfer at Hostinger<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You may also check<b> <\/b>our articles on<b> <\/b>how to get the EPP code<b> <\/b>while transferring a domain from <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/domains\/how-to-get-epp-code-from-godaddy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">GoDaddy<\/a><\/b>, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/domains\/how-to-get-epp-code-from-bluehost\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluehost<\/a><\/b>, and <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/domains\/how-to-get-epp-code-from-hostgator\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">HostGator<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">There are some exceptions, such as <b><a href=\"\/support\/1771588-how-to-transfer-a-co-uk-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">.CO.UK<\/a><\/b> or <b><a href=\"\/support\/1771890-how-to-transfer-a-eu-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">.EU<\/a> <\/b>domains, that use a different code.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Similarly, some domain registrars require the EPP code to be unavailable through the user interface, so you may need to contact your domain provider and ask them to share the EPP code with you directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the EPP, or authorization code for domain transfers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"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-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583441-what-is-the-epp-code-and-how-to-use-it-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583441-codigo-epp-y-todo-acerca-de-el-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583441-qu-est-ce-que-le-code-epp-et-comment-l-utiliser-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583441-apa-itu-kode-epp-dan-bagaimana-cara-menggunakannya-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/1583441-kas-yra-epp-kodas-ir-kaip-ji-naudoti-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583441-o-que-e-o-codigo-epp-e-como-usa-lo\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583441----epp----\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476","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\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8626,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/8626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}