Domain cancellation

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  myguyjoel95 · Member · Apr 18, 2022 at 2:32 am

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  I cancelled my domain the day I purchased it. How long does it normally take for my domain to be accessible again?

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  rawalplawit · Member · Apr 18, 2022 at 5:34 am

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  Hey @myguyjoel95

  Usually, the domain will be available after 5 days of cancellation.
  If you have not got the refund for the domain till now, you can also contact the staff to restore your domain provided you want to continue using wordpress.com and not other registrars.

  To transfer a domain to another registrar, it needs to be at least 60-days old.
  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/#cancel-a-domain-name should clear your queries. Hope this helped.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Apr 18, 2022 at 9:29 am

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  Hi there,

  In this case your domain, myguyjoel.com, should become available again towards the end of the week. If you plan to use it somewhere else, you should be able to register it at your chosen provider at that point.

  
  @rawalplawit,

  Usually, the domain will be available after 5 days of cancellation.

  I’m afraid that’s not entirely accurate. While it’s true some domains get released 5 days after registration (not cancellation) if you cancel them soon enough after registration, other domains won’t be released until they expire after a full year, even if you cancel it only a few minutes after registration.

  The only way to know for sure is for us (i.e. staff) to check the status for the specific domain in question, so please always tag threads like this for staff as we ask in the volunteer guidelines:

  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-com-volunteers/#when-to-call-in-staff

  you can also contact the staff

  The contact form you link to will just bring the OP back to these forums, as only forum support is available to free users. If staff needs to reply to a thread, you can call our attention to it by adding the modlook tag.