{"id":3987,"date":"2026-07-29T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-domain-locking\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:24","slug":"what-is-domain-locking","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/what-is-domain-locking\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Domain Locking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domain locking is a security feature that helps prevent unauthorised transfers or changes to a domain name.<\/p>\n<p>When a domain is locked, it is harder for the domain to be transferred away without permission. Depending on the domain type, locking may also help prevent certain changes to the domain&#8217;s contact details or nameservers.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, it is sensible to keep domain locking enabled unless you need to make a change that requires the domain to be unlocked.<\/p>\n<p>You may need to unlock a domain if you are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transferring it to another provider.<\/li>\n<li>Making a change that the registry or registrar requires the domain to be unlocked for.<\/li>\n<li>Following specific instructions from support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To check the lock status of a domain:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the client area at https:\/\/clients.4uhosting.co.uk.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>Domains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Find the domain and select <strong>Manage<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Look for <strong>Registrar Lock<\/strong> or the lock option shown for that domain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>UK domains work differently from many generic domains and may not show a registrar lock option. If you are unsure whether a domain can be locked or unlocked, contact support before making changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domain locking is a security feature that helps prevent unauthorised transfers or changes to a domain name. When a domain is locked, it is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[6],"class_list":["post-3987","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\/3987","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\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4034,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/3987\/revisions\/4034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}