Renew an expired domain registration

If you buy a domain through Google and don’t renew your domain registration before it expires, some Google Cloud services, such as Gmail, will stop working. You also risk losing ownership of the domain.

Your domain will expire if you don't have the domain set to autorenew in your Admin console or if your automatic payment fails.

We can't guarantee that you can renew an expired domain purchased through Google. It depends on whether the domain is still available from your domain host. In any case, try to renew the domain right away. The longer you wait, the less likely that you'll be able to renew. As a general rule, you should renew within 3 days of the official renewal date to increase the chances that you can renew successfully.

Automatically renew your domain

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  BillingSubscriptions.
3. Click your Domain Registration subscription.
4. In the expanded section, if Renewal options is not set to auto-renew, click change and select the Auto-Renew option to turn on autorenewals.
5. Click the account ID for your subscription.
6. Make sure your primary payment method is valid and up to date. If it isn't, take one of these actions:
   • Update credit card details
   • Fix payment and billing issues
   • Auto-pay with a credit card
   • Add a bank account for auto-pay

Next steps

After you turn on autorenewal and fix your payment method, we'll try to renew your domain. If we succeed, your Domain Registration billing subscription will be marked Active and your Google services will resume. We'll also charge your payment method for the renewal at the beginning of the following month.

If renewal does not work

If we cannot renew your domain with your host, we'll cancel your Domain Registration subscription in your Admin console. You'll still be able to access your billing account from the Billing page.

If your domain it still available, you can try to renew it directly with your domain host. Do this by signing in to your domain's account with your host (not with Google). Follow the instructions at Access your domain settings.

Related topics

• Purchase a domain when you sign up for Google services