{"id":1478,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583438-how-to-get-the-epp-code-from-bluehost\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:43:37","slug":"1583438-how-to-get-the-epp-code-from-bluehost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583438-how-to-get-the-epp-code-from-bluehost\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get the EPP code from Bluehost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your domain name is registered in <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-bluehost\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluehost<\/a><\/b>, and you want to <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-transfer-it-to-hostinger\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-a-domain-to-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer it to Hostinger<\/a><\/b>, you can obtain the<b> <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-epp-code\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583441-what-is-the-epp-code-and-how-to-use-it-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPP code<\/a><\/b> by <b>contacting them<\/b> or by <b>following the below steps<\/b> in your <b>Bluehost control panel.<\/b><\/p><h2 id=\"h-get-your-epp-code-from-bluehost\">Get your EPP code from Bluehost<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Log in<\/b> to your <b>Bluehost<\/b> <b>account<\/b>, and go to the <b>Domain <\/b>area<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click the <b>Manage<\/b> option for the domain you will transfer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Choose the <b>Security<\/b> tab<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Scroll down to the <b>Transfer Authorization \/ EPP Code<\/b> section<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Select an email address, and click <b>Send Code<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">After completing the steps above, you&rsquo;ll receive an email with your domain authorization code.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">While you&rsquo;re in the <b>Bluehost control panel<\/b>, disable <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-domain-privacy-protection\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/help\/article\/how-to-enable-and-disable-the-domain-privacy-and-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain privacy protection<\/a><\/b> (if enabled), too.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Now, your domain is ready for transfer<b> <\/b>&#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you use the <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-legacy-bluehost-control-panel\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bluehost-cdn.com\/hosting\/help\/rock-vs-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legacy Bluehost control panel<\/a><\/b> or have any further questions, check the following guide: <b><a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-obtain-a-transfer-authorization-epp-code-bluehost-sup\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/help\/article\/epp-auth-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to obtain a Transfer Authorization ( EPP ) Code | Bluehost Support<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To disable WHOIS privacy protection in Bluehost, check the following guide: <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-enable-and-disable-domain-privacy-and-protection\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/help\/article\/how-to-enable-and-disable-the-domain-privacy-and-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enable and Disable Domain Privacy and Protection<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acquiring EPP\/Auth code from Bluehost<\/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-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer-domain-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583438-how-to-get-the-epp-code-from-bluehost","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583438-como-obtener-el-codigo-epp-de-bluehost","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583438-comment-obtenir-le-code-epp-depuis-bluehost","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583438-cara-mendapatkan-kode-epp-di-bluehost","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583438-como-obter-o-codigo-epp-da-bluehost","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583438-\u044f\u043a-\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438-\u043a\u043e\u0434-epp-\u0432\u0456\u0434-bluehost","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","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=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14696,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions\/14696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}