This page describes how to transfer a registered domain from Cloud Domains to a third-party domain registrar.
By default, domains are locked to prevent unauthorized transfers. To prepare a domain for transfer, you must do the following:
- Unlock the domain to make it eligible for a transfer.
- Get an authorization code to provide to your new domain registrar.
- Verify that your contact details in the WHOIS directory are correct.
Unlock a domain for transfer
To unlock a domain for transfer, complete the following steps.
Console
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Domains page.
Click the domain name that you want to transfer.
To unlock the domain, click Unlock.
On the confirmation dialog, click Unlock.
A message at the bottom of the page confirms that the unlocking is successful.
gcloud
Use the gcloud domains registrations configure
management
command:
gcloud domains registrations configure management DOMAIN_NAME
Replace DOMAIN_NAME
with the name of the registered
domain—for example, example.com
.
Your output looks similar to the following:
Your current Transfer Lock state is: LOCKED Specify new transfer lock state [1] locked [2] unlocked [3] cancel Please enter your numeric choice (3): 2 Waiting for 'operation-1596736789522-5ac394123aa03-f2d2f2c3-948ac1a3' to complete...done. Updated registration [example.com].
API
Use the registrations.configureManagementSettings
method:
POST https://domains.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/registrations/DOMAIN_NAME:configureManagementSettings { "managementSettings": { "transferLockState": "UNLOCKED" }, "updateMask": "transferLockState" }
Replace the following:
PROJECT_ID
: the name of your projectDOMAIN_NAME
: the domain that you want to transfer
Get the authorization code
To get the authorization code for a transfer, see Get or reset an authorization code.
Verify contact details
To ensure that your new registrar can confirm your intent to transfer, verify that your contact details for the domain registration are correct. Some registrars might require you to make your contact information public before you transfer a domain.
For instructions about how to change your contact and privacy settings, see Edit contact and privacy settings.
What's next
- To edit registration settings by using Cloud Domains, see Edit registration settings.
- To access API information, see the Cloud Domains API.
- To find solutions for common issues that you might encounter when using Cloud Domains, see Troubleshooting.