{"id":1500,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583402-how-to-cancel-a-domain-name-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:08:47","slug":"1583402-how-to-cancel-a-domain-name-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583402-how-to-cancel-a-domain-name-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cancel a Domain Name at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">Due to domain name regulations, once a domain is registered, <b>it remains active <\/b>until its expiration date. That&rsquo;s why domain names <b>can&rsquo;t be deleted <\/b>from your account.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you <b>no longer wish to use<\/b> a domain name &mdash; <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583234-how-to-disable-auto-renewal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disable its auto-renewal<\/a><\/b> and <b>let it expire<\/b>. You can check the domain&rsquo;s expiration date in the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domains<\/a><\/b> section of your Hostinger account:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/a67303ac-8207-422d-b699-9510fa5dc645.jpg\" alt=\"Domain expiration date visible in the Domains section at Hostinger\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once a domain reaches its expiration date, it enters a phase during which it may still be renewed. When this phase ends, the domain name will be <b>automatically deleted<\/b>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Learn more: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3004042-what-happens-when-a-domain-expires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain Life Cycle<\/a> &#128161; <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, if you wish to <b>remove a domain from your hosting plan<\/b>, follow these steps: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3624731-how-to-delete-a-website-from-a-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Delete a Website From a Hosting Plan<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For information on domain registration refunds, please refer to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/legal\/refund-policy#:~:text=PRODUCTS%20WITH%20SPECIAL%20REFUND%20TERMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refund Policy<\/a><\/b> and the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3958999-how-to-get-a-refund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refund procedure<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Domain renewals are not refundable<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do if you no longer want to use a domain<\/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":[254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managing-your-domains"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583402-how-to-cancel-a-domain-name-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583402-como-puedo-eliminar-un-nombre-de-dominio-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583402-comment-supprimer-un-nom-de-domaine-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583402-cara-menghapus-nama-domain-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583402-como-deletar-um-nome-de-dominio-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583402-------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500","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=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9805,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/9805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}