{"id":712,"date":"2023-01-27T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/01\/27\/6940479-how-to-use-the-domains-section-in-hostinger-hpanel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:25:06","slug":"6940479-how-to-use-the-domains-section-in-hostinger-hpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6940479-how-to-use-the-domains-section-in-hostinger-hpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Domains Section in Hostinger hPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you have registered a domain at Hostinger, either by a <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583421-how-to-purchase-a-domain-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchase<\/a>, a <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer<\/a>, or as a free domain included in your <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583274-how-to-purchase-a-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosting plan<\/a>, you can manage its options from the <b>Domains<\/b> section in hPanel. You will find the following sections:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/372afc75-7665-4f29-9a8e-6a2e0d1c6a2f.jpg\" alt=\"Domain portfolio with active domain and Renew button\" data-media-id=\"3069\"><\/div><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Get a new domain<\/b> &ndash; purchase a new available domain name.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Transfer an existing domain <\/b>&ndash;<b> <\/b>transfer a domain to Hostinger so you can manage your domains in one place.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>list<\/b> of your domains &ndash; includes domains purchased at Hostinger and any <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_e7b2fad36b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">external domains<\/a> added to your hosting plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>My domains<\/b> list displays the domain name, status, expiration date, and <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3316237-how-to-automatically-renew-your-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auto-renewal<\/a> status. To open the <b>management page<\/b> for a domain, click on the &#10095; arrow:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/835c644e-a2dd-428f-91d0-a79b8502c027.jpg\" alt=\"Domain portfolio with the Manage button highlighted for a domain entry\" data-media-id=\"3071\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The management page will be disabled if the domain is <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3004042-what-happens-when-a-domain-expires#h_94231fa658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expired<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">There will be three options on the left sidebar:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_547dea7b44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain Overview<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_09cd8e404d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS \/ Nameservers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_220d9ff72a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain Ownership<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_220d9ff72a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brand Reputation<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-13_11-50-300x288.png\" alt=\"Domain management menu with Domain Ownership highlighted\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" data-media-id=\"8035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-13_11-50-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/02\/2026-02-13_11-50.png 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><h2 id=\"h_547dea7b44\">Domain Overview<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">On this page, you will be able to review all the general information about your domain:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Status <\/b>label<b> <\/b>&ndash; will show if the domain is active or <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583443-how-to-verify-a-domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pending verification<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Expiration date<\/b> &ndash; the date before which the domain needs to be renewed to stay active.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Toggles to enable or disable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Domain <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3316237-how-to-automatically-renew-your-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auto-renewal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583419-how-to-enable-whois-privacy-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4791444-how-to-lock-or-unlock-a-domain-for-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Locking or unlocking<\/a> your domain for transfer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Authorization code<\/b> &ndash; the authorization code or <b>EPP code<\/b> required to transfer your domain to another provider. The code itself will be hidden. To show it, click on the eye icon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Nameservers<\/b> &ndash; the nameservers your domain is pointing to, as well as an option to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1696789-how-to-change-nameservers-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Domain <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4778256-how-to-change-your-domain-contact-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact information<\/a> and the option to edit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_09cd8e404d\">DNS \/ Nameservers<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Here, you will be able to check and change the domain&rsquo;s <b>nameservers<\/b> (NS records).<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If the domain is <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed to Hostinger<\/a>, you will also be able to manage all the DNS records in this section.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can find a detailed guide here: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Manage DNS Records at Hostinger<\/a>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_220d9ff72a\">Domain Ownership<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">This page shows your current domain&rsquo;s contact details, such as name, address, email address, and phone number for the Registrant, Administrative, Billing, and Technical contacts.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you need to change them, for instance, to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4068055-how-to-move-a-domain-between-different-hostinger-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">move the domain to a different account<\/a>, just follow the steps in this article: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4778256-how-to-edit-domain-s-contact-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Edit a Domain&rsquo;s Contact Details<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For <b>.es domains<\/b>, contact details need to be updated on the ESNIC page: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5016411-how-to-change-domain-contact-details-for-es-domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Change Domain Contact Details for .es Domains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 id=\"h-brand-reputation\">Brand Reputation<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">This page shows how you can secure other TLDs for the same domain name that you own to ensure consistent brandings for all TLDs.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_e7b2fad36b\">External Domains<\/h2><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/01\/6abcd32c-a7c9-4f31-91ad-419eb4d8f9e2.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger hPanel External domains list with search bar and Edit DNS, Manage Website buttons\" data-media-id=\"3074\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you have added a domain purchased elsewhere to your hosting plan, you will find it listed under <b>External domains<\/b>, where you will have the option to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer it to Hostinger<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">For domains pointing to Hostinger by nameservers, you will also find a button to access the active DNS Zone and manage the domain&rsquo;s records.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">DNS is now directly accessible from the Domains sidebar &mdash; no need to go through Domain portfolio &rarr; Manage first.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Locating and managing your domains in hPanel<\/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":[267],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains-hpanel"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6940479-how-to-use-the-domains-section-in-hostinger-hpanel\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6940479-como-usar-la-seccion-de-dominios-en-hpanel-de-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6940479-comment-utiliser-la-section-domaines-dans-hpanel-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6940479-kaip-valdyti-domenus-hostinger-paskyroje\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6940479-como-usar-a-secao-de-dominios-no-hpanel-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6940479------hpanel\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","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=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11390,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions\/11390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}