Exporting a registered domain

Preview

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This page describes how to export a registered domain from Cloud Domains to Google Domains.

To stop managing and auto-renewing your domain with Cloud Domains, you can export one or multiple domain registration resources to Google Domains. Once you have exported the domain registration, it remains valid until the expiration date.

Permissions required for this task

To perform this task, you must have been granted the following permissions or the following IAM roles.

Permissions

• domains.registrations.configureManagement

Roles

• roles/domains.admin

Exporting a domain

Follow these steps to export a registration to Google Domains:

Caution: Exporting a domain registration resource is currently not reversible. Once you have exported a domain, you cannot import it back to Cloud Domains.

Note: After you export a registered domain, you will continue to incur billing charges until the next yearly renewal date. You also become the sole owner of the domain in Google Domains, and IAM is not used anymore.

Console

To export a registered domain out of Cloud Domains to Google Domains, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Cloud Console.

   Go to the Cloud Domains page

2. On the Registered Domains page, click the check box next to the domain name that you want to export.
3. On the top of the page, click Export.

4. To confirm the export, click Export on the pop-up dialog. To cancel, click Cancel.

   Export happens immediately.

   Once the export process is complete, to find your domain in Google Domains, see the View your domain page.

gcloud

To export your domain registration from Cloud Domains to Google Domains for individual management, use the gcloud beta domains registrations export command:

gcloud beta domains registrations export DOMAIN_NAME

Replace the following command options:

• DOMAIN_NAME: The name of the registered domain that you want to export. For example, example.app.

Your output looks similar to the following:

You are about to export registration 'example.com'
Do you want to continue (Y/n)?  y
Waiting for 'operation-1599718849201-5aeef91bf43ab-7e7ab587-078f876d' to
complete...done.
Exported registration [example.com] Note:
Registration remains valid until expiry. Manage it in Google Domains at
https://domains.google.com/registrar, or see
https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3251174 for more information.

API

To export a domain to Google Domains, use the registrations.export method with an empty body:

POST https://domains.googleapis.com/v1beta1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/registrations/DOMAIN_NAME:export

Replace the following values:

• PROJECT_ID: The name of your project
• DOMAIN_NAME: The domain that you want to export

Next steps

• To get started using Cloud Domains, see the Quickstart
• Cloud Domains overview
• Cloud Domains API