If you purchase a domain through Google while signing up for Google services, your domain ownership is valid for one year. After that, you must renew your domain registration to keep owning the domain.
Step 1: Find your domain registrar
How you manage your domain registration renewal depends on who your domain registrar is. If you purchased your domain from a partner registrar during Google Workspace or Cloud Identity setup, you can find your domain registrar (host) in the Google Admin console.
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you arenโt using an administrator account, you canโt access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Account > Domains > Manage domains.
Requires having the Domain settings administrator privilege.
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You can find your domain registrar by clicking View Details in the Actions column.
- If your registrar is Squarespace, Enom, or DomainDiscount24.com, go to Manage registration and renewal in the Admin console.
If you donโt have domain registrar information in your domainโs Status column, you purchased your domain separately from your Google service. To manage your domain renewal, you need to go to your domain registrarโs website. If you need help finding your domain registration host, see Identify your domain host.
Step 2: Manage registration & renewal in the Admin console
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Sign in with a super administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you arenโt using a super administrator account, you canโt complete these steps.
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Go to Menu
Billing > Subscriptions.
Requires having the Billing Management administrator privilege.
- Click your Domain Registration subscription.
Youโll see the domain registration renewal cost and expiration/renewal date.
- Next to Renewal options, click Change renewal settings.
- Choose an option:
- To automatically renew your domain 7 days before its actual renewal date, select Auto-Renew my contract. Your primary payment method is charged for the renewal at the beginning of the following month. Your Google services continue uninterrupted.
- To let the domain registration expire at its renewal date and suspend your Google services, select Cancel my subscription.
Important: If you want to keep your domain, 7 days before your suspension date, you need to select Auto-renew my contract instead.
- If you need to change your renewal payment details, go to Update credit card details and complete the steps.
After you cancel domain autorenewal in Google Workspace, you can't add it back to your account. Contact your domain host if you want to renew your domain.
FAQ
When does my domain registration expire?You can see your domain registration expiration and renewal date in the Admin console. Go to BillingSubscriptions
Domain Registration. Next to Plan Renewal, you can see your domain registration renewal date.
No. You canโt pay for multiple years at once. And you cannot renew your domain before its annual renewal date. If your domain is set to automatically renew and your payment method is valid, weโll renew your domain for you and your Google services will continue uninterrupted.
Maybe. It depends how long itโs been since your registration expired. See Renew an expired domain registration.
Yes, moving your domain to a new host allows you to manage it outside of the Google Admin console. Make sure the transfer process is complete before your domain expiration and renewal date. To find the date, in the Admin console, go to BillingSubscriptions
Domain Registration and next to Plan Renewal, you can see your domain registration renewal date. For details on moving your domain, see Transfer your domain from a Google Workspace partner host.
It depends on your subscription. If your domain registration subscription is set to automatically renew and the renewal date has passed, you canโt receive a refund for payments. However, if you turn off automatic renewal during the 7 days prior to your expiration date and we already charged you for the renewal, you might qualify for a refund. To qualify:
- Within 7 days of the renewal date, cancel your domain registration subscription. See How do I cancel my domain registration subscription?
- For the refund request, contact Google Workspace support.
Go to Step 2
If you donโt see Domain registration as one of your billing subscriptions in the Google Admin console, you purchased your domain separately from signing up for a Google service. You manage your domain through your domain registrarโs site. For help identifying your domain registration host, see Identify your domain host.
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