{"id":86,"date":"2024-01-12T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=ht_kb&amp;p=86"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T05:18:00","slug":"how-to-lock-or-unlock-a-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/kb\/how-to-lock-or-unlock-a-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Lock or Unlock a Domain Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domain locking is how you control whether or not your domain can be moved to another registrar. Any domain you register with WebSupporters will automatically be set to a locked status, meaning that it cannot be moved from its current registrar.<\/p>\n<p>WebSupporters has created a new domain control panel which allows you access to add and manage all of your WebSupporters domains from a single control panel. The following instructions will show you how to change the lock status of your domains using this new control panel.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">To Lock or Unlock a Domain Name Please check the steps as follow.<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/members\/clientarea.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Members<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Left Side Menu clicks on\u00a0<strong>Domains<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-737\" src=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9-100x44.png 100w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot1-9.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Under sub menu Click\u00a0<strong>My Domains<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-738\" src=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-300x126.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-50x21.png 50w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-60x25.png 60w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4-100x42.png 100w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot2-4.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Under My Domains you will see your registered domains with options:\n<ul>\n<li>The Domains Next Due Date<\/li>\n<li>Domain Status whether is pending, active or expired.<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not the domain is set to automatically renew.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-740\" src=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-300x137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-50x23.png 50w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5-100x46.png 100w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot3-5.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When you click on a\u00a0<strong>Manage Domain<\/strong>\u00a0in the right side of the domain name, the Domain Overview window will open and show more details and options for the selected domain.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-60x32.png 60w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1-100x53.png 100w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot4-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click on\u00a0<strong>Management Tools<\/strong>\u00a0&amp; select\u00a0<strong>Register Lock<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-742\" src=\"https:\/\/websupporters.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-50x25.png 50w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1-100x50.png 100w, https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/screenshot5-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>On the Domain Register Lock page, if domain register lock is enabled then to unlock the domain click on\u00a0<strong>Disable Register Lock<\/strong>\u00a0OR if domain register lock is disabled then to lock the domain click on\u00a0<strong>Enable Register Lock<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domain locking is how you control whether or not your domain can be moved to another registrar. Any domain you register with WebSupporters will automatically be set to a locked status, meaning that it cannot be moved from its current registrar. WebSupporters has created a new domain control panel which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-86","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-domain-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.websupporters.com\/support\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}