# .audio
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**Important**  
You can no longer use Route 53 to register new .audio domains or transfer .audio domains to Route 53. We'll continue to support .audio domains that are already registered with Route 53.

Used by the audiovisual industry and anyone interested in broadcasting, sound equipment, audio production, and audio streaming.

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**Lease period for registration and renewal **  
One to ten years.

**Privacy protection**  
Not supported.

**Domain locking to prevent unauthorized transfers**  
Supported.

**Internationalized domain names**  
Supported for Cyrillic (primarily Russian), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

**Authorization code required for transfers**  
Not supported. You can no longer transfer .audio domains to Route 53.

**DNSSEC**  
Supported for domain registration. For more information, see [Configuring DNSSEC for a domain](domain-configure-dnssec.md).

**Deadlines for renewing and restoring domains**  
+ Renewal is possible: Until the expiration date
+ Late renewal with Route 53 is possible: Until 44 days after expiration
+ Domain is deleted from Route 53: 45 days after expiration
+ Restoration with the registry is possible: Between 45 days and 75 days after expiration
+ Domain is deleted from the registry: 75 days after expiration

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon Route 53. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query Route53` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).