{"id":3926,"date":"2025-12-20T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/why-do-uk-domains-not-have-a-lock\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:48","slug":"why-do-uk-domains-not-have-a-lock","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/why-do-uk-domains-not-have-a-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do UK Domains Not Have a Lock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most non-UK domains use a transfer lock and an authorisation code, often called an EPP code or auth code, when they are moved between registrars.<\/p>\n<p>UK domains work differently. Domains such as <code>.uk<\/code>, <code>.co.uk<\/code>, <code>.org.uk<\/code> and <code>.me.uk<\/code> are transferred by changing the domain&#8217;s registrar tag, historically called an IPS tag.<\/p>\n<p>This means a UK domain does not normally need to be unlocked in the same way as a <code>.com<\/code> domain. The current registrar changes the tag to the new registrar&#8217;s tag, which moves management of the domain.<\/p>\n<p>This does not mean that anyone can transfer your UK domain. The transfer still has to be requested by the registrant or by someone authorised to manage the domain.<\/p>\n<p>Changing a registrar tag is separate from changing nameservers or DNS records. A tag change moves the domain between registrars. DNS changes control where the website and email point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most non-UK domains use a transfer lock and an authorisation code, often called an EPP code or auth code, when they are moved between&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[6],"class_list":["post-3926","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-domains-and-dns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4083,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3926\/revisions\/4083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=3926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}