---
title: "How to Stop a Domain from Renewing in the Noiz Console"
description: "Turn off Auto Renew for a domain you no longer want, so no renewal invoice is issued and the domain lapses at its expiry date, and how to turn it back on if you change your mind."
url: "https://docs.noiz.ie/client-area/how-to-stop-a-domain-from-renewing/"
section: "Console (Client Area)"
categories:
  - "Client Area > Domains"
tags:
  - "domain"
  - "renewal"
  - "cancel"
  - "expiry"
  - "console"
last_reviewed: "30 October 2026, against the current Noiz Console"
---

# How to Stop a Domain from Renewing in the Noiz Console

If you no longer need a domain, you do not have to cancel anything or open a ticket. Every domain in the Noiz Console has its own **Auto Renew** setting. Turn it off and we will not issue a renewal invoice for that domain. It stays active until its expiry date and is then released. Your hosting, email and other services are not affected; they are managed separately under **Services**.

**Last reviewed:** 30 October 2026, against the current Noiz Console.

## Before you start

- Check the domain's **Next Due** date on the **My Domains** page. We issue a domain renewal invoice seven days before that date, so turn Auto Renew off before then and no invoice is issued at all.
- Anything that still uses the domain stops working when it expires: a website on it, email addresses at it, and any logins or services registered with those addresses. Move them to another domain first if you still need them.

## Turn off Auto Renew from My Domains

This is the quickest way.

1. [Log in to the Console](/client-area/how-to-log-in-to-the-console/).
2. Click **Domains**, then **My Domains**.
3. In the **Auto Renew** column, click the switch next to the domain so that it shows **OFF**. The change is saved straight away.

![The My Domains page in the Noiz Console, with the Auto Renew switch in the domain's row set to ON](/images/kb/450_client-area-my-domains-auto-renew-switch.png)

## Turn off Auto Renew from the domain's management page

Use this route if you want to see the domain's details first.

1. On **My Domains**, click the three dots at the end of the domain's row, then **Manage Domain**.
2. In the **Manage** menu on the left, click **Auto Renew**.

   ![The Auto Renew page for a domain in the Noiz Console, with the Auto Renewal Status switch set to ON](/images/kb/451_domain-auto-renew-tab-on.png)

3. Click the **Auto Renewal Status** switch so that it shows **OFF**. The page confirms with **Changes Saved Successfully!**

   ![The Auto Renew page after the switch has been turned off, showing the Changes Saved Successfully message and the switch set to OFF](/images/kb/452_domain-auto-renew-tab-off-saved.png)

## What happens next

- **No renewal invoice is issued** for the domain. If a renewal invoice was already issued before you turned Auto Renew off, [open a support ticket](/client-area/how-to-open-a-support-ticket/) and we will cancel it.
- **The domain stays active until its expiry date.** You may still receive an expiry reminder email from us as the date approaches. It is for your information; if you still want to let the domain go, no action is needed.
- **After the expiry date the domain stops working.** Once the registry's grace period has passed it is deleted and anyone can register it, so this is the last chance to change your mind.

## If you change your mind

Turn **Auto Renew** back on before the expiry date, using either of the routes above, and the domain is invoiced and renewed as normal. To renew straight away instead, click **Renew Domains** on the **My Domains** page, choose the domain and pay the invoice.

## Hosting and other services are not affected

Auto Renew applies only to the domain registration. A hosting plan, email service or any other service on the same name carries on and is billed as before. To cancel a hosting service, see [How to Manage Your Hosting Services in the Noiz Console](/client-area/how-to-manage-your-hosting-services/).

If you are not sure which of your domains or services you still need, [contact Noiz support](/getting-started/how-to-contact-noiz-for-support/) and we will go through them with you.

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Source: https://docs.noiz.ie/client-area/how-to-stop-a-domain-from-renewing/