Protecting your domain name is an essential part of managing your online presence. Our different domain protection plans hides personal contact information and helps prevent accidental domain expiration, unauthorized domain transfers and vulnerabilities on your website, such as malware.

Downgrade my domain protection plan

1. Log in to your GoDaddy Domain Control Center.
2. Check the box next to the domain(s) you’ll be downgrading.
3. Select Ownership then Downgrade Privacy Protection.
4. Review the downgrade options available and choose your preferred plan.
5. Select Confirm.

Log in to your GoDaddy account. Next to Domains, click Manage. (Settings) and select Domain Settings. Under Contact Information, click Make Private.

About privacy protection

1. Go to Domain ending (TLD) reference.
2. Click your domain ending and go to the DNS reference section.
3. Go to Allows WHOIS privacy.
4. Go to WHOIS privacy provider for details on which company provides the privacy service for your domain ending.

The following six ways to protect your domain are simple to implement, and should top out your checklist of security policies and procedures.

1. Be wary of domain registration hijackers.
2. Protect your privacy.
3. Check the WHOIS database for errors.
4. Know when your domain name expires.
5. Use a domain transfer lock.

You go in your account -> login & pins and then add two-step authentication with an app (google authenticator), Then you can disable ‘protected registration’…

Private Domain Registration makes it so that interested parties can get in touch with you about your domain while keeping your personal contact information hidden. With Private Domain Registration, WHOIS lookups show special contact information, like the email address [email protected]

Upgrade my domain protection plan

1. Log in to your GoDaddy Domain Control Center. (Need help logging in?
2. Check the box next to the domain(s) you’ll be upgrading.
3. Select Ownership then Upgrade Privacy Protection.
4. Review the upgrade options available and choose your preferred plan.
5. Select Confirm and complete checkout.

Compared to other domain registrars, that’s a great deal. Hover, which hosts all of my other domains, charges roughly $15 for a .com, as does GoDaddy, though purchasing privacy protection from them costs an extra $9.99.

GoDaddy’s privacy partner, Domains by Proxy®, protects you from hackers, hijackers, and data miners by replacing your name, address and other details in the public WHOIS directory with its business address and phone number. You retain complete control of the domain, including the rights to sell, renew, cancel or transfer it.

Don’t lose what’s yours. Losing your domain can be devastating. Our Domain Privacy & Protection puts your domain on lockdown. It makes accidental or malicious transfers virtually impossible. Plus, it gives you the ability to rescue your site, as long as you pay for the renewal within that time.

Privacy Protection through Domains By Proxy gives you full control over your domain names while protecting you from identity theft, domain-related spam and domain name hijacking. Domains By Proxy even creates a private and unique email address for each domain name.

Basic Privacy Protection (or Basic Protection): Regulations vary around the globe, but GoDaddy automatically hides your name, street address, phone number and email address in the GoDaddy WHOIS directory for every registered domain name.