Enabling or disabling automatic renewal for a domain

When you want to change whether Amazon Route 53 automatically renews registration for a domain shortly before the expiration date, or you want to see the current setting for automatic renewal, perform the following procedure.

Note that you can't use AWS credits to pay the fee for renewing registration for a domain.

Note

Make sure you turn off automatic renewal if you intend to cancel your AWS account. Otherwise, you will continue to receive renewal notices from AWS. Your domain will not, however, be renewed, unless you re-activate your account.

Note

We're updating the domains console for Route 53. During the transition period, you can continue to use the old console.

Choose the tab for the console that you are using.

• New console

• Old console

New console

To enable or disable automatic renewal for a domain

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Registered domains.

3. Choose the name of the domain that you want to update.

4. On the Details section, in the Actions dropdown, choose Turn on auto-renew

   In the Turn on auto-renew for <domain name>? agree to pay the yearly rate, and choose Turn on.

   Note

   The price listed is for the current registration period, and can change. For more information, see Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration.

5. To turn off auto-renew, select Turn off auto-renew in the Actions dropdown.

6. If you encounter issues while enabling or disabling automatic renewal, you can contact AWS Support for free. For more information, see Contacting AWS Support about domain registration issues.

Old console

To enable or disable automatic renewal for a domain

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Registered Domains.

3. Choose the name of the domain that you want to update.

4. On the Details section, in the Actions dropdown, choose Turn on transfer lock.

   You can navigate to the Requests page to see the progress of your request.

   Note

   The price listed is for the current registration period, and can change. For more information, see Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration.

5. If you encounter issues while enabling or disabling automatic renewal, you can contact AWS Support for free. For more information, see Contacting AWS Support about domain registration issues.