Archive a domain you no longer own

Tidy a finished domain out of your list without losing its history — this is for anyone who wants their Domains list to reflect only the domains they still have.

Overview

• To stop paying for a domain, turn off Auto-renew and let it expire, or transfer it to another registrar. That happens at the registrar, not here.
• To tidy a finished domain out of your list, use Archive domain. That happens here, in InfraNest, and changes nothing at the registrar.
• Archiving a domain that is still live would hide something you are still being billed for, so InfraNest does not allow it.

When you can archive a domain

You can archive a domain once it is genuinely over:

• it has Expired
• it was Transferred away to another registrar
• its registration Failed
• or it is not connected to any account — for example because you disconnected the registrar it came from, so InfraNest can no longer keep it up to date

If the domain is still active, InfraNest tells you so and points you at Auto-renew instead.

Archive a domain

1. Open your Domains list.
2. On the domain's row, open the Domain actions menu and choose Archive domain. (You can also do this from the domain's own page, under Actions.)
3. Confirm.

The domain leaves your list straight away. Nothing is deleted: its costs, Tags, Notes, custom fields, and any linked DNS zones or certificates are all kept.

See your archived domains

1. Open the Domains list.
2. Open the Status dropdown next to the search box.
3. Choose Archived.

This option appears once you have at least one archived domain. Every other view — All domains, Active, Expiring soon, and similar — shows only domains you still have, which is what makes archiving worth doing.

Bring a domain back

1. Open the Archived view in Domains.
2. Open the domain you want back.
3. Choose Unarchive domain, either from the row menu or from the banner at the top of the domain's page.

You don't have to do this by hand in the common cases. If you register the domain again, or transfer it back in, InfraNest reuses the same record automatically — with all its history intact — and notes the change in the Audit Log.

NoteA registrar sync on its own will never bring an archived domain back. Many registrars keep listing a domain during its redemption period, so InfraNest would otherwise un-hide domains you had deliberately put away. It waits for a real signal instead: you, a new registration, or a transfer in.

Does an archived domain count towards my plan?

No. Archived domains do not use up your plan's domain allowance.

What happened to "Delete"?

It has been replaced by Archive domain. Deleting only ever removed InfraNest's record of a domain — it never cancelled anything, so the domain stayed registered and stayed billed while vanishing from your list. Archiving does the part InfraNest can honestly do, and says what is true about it.

TipIf your goal is to stop being billed, go to Registrar actions or your registrar's site and disable Auto-renew — archiving alone will not stop charges.