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Switch from Cloudflare to Porkbun

What to do at Cloudflare before you leave, what Porkbun needs when you join, and everything else the switch touches. Your full plan is built in your browser and stays there.

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The rules that apply: ICANN

These apply whichever domain registrar you're moving between.

  1. Get the authorization (AuthInfo) code from your registrarBefore

    You need an Auth-Code, also called an AuthInfo or transfer code, to move a domain to another registrar. Your registrar must give it to you within five calendar days of your request, or may let you generate it yourself online.

    FAQs for registrants: transferring your domain nameICANN. Reviewed

  2. Check the 60-day limits before you request a transferBefore

    Under the current Transfer Policy, your registrar may deny a transfer within 60 days of the domain's creation or within 60 days after a previous transfer. After a change of registrant it must apply a 60-day transfer lock, but it may let you opt out beforehand.

    Transfer PolicyICANN. Reviewed

  3. Ask your current registrar to remove the transfer lockBefore

    When you ask, your current registrar must remove the lock, or give you a reasonable way to remove it yourself, within five calendar days. It may deny a transfer only in specific cases listed in the policy, such as evidence of fraud.

    Transfer PolicyICANN. Reviewed

  4. Expect one year added to your registrationAfter

    A completed transfer adds one year to the existing registration. The total unexpired term can never be more than ten years.

    Transfer PolicyICANN. Reviewed

  5. Note ICANN has adopted new transfer rulesBefore

    On 7 June 2026 the ICANN Board adopted the Transfer Policy Review recommendations and directed ICANN to implement them, subject to prioritization. The resolution does not give an effective date.

    Approved ResolutionsICANN. Reviewed

  6. Expect the post-registration and post-transfer lock to become 30 daysBefore

    The new recommendations require registrars to block transfers to a new registrar for 720 hours (30 days) after initial registration and after a completed transfer. They also remove the 60-day lock after a change of registrant.

    ICANN Board Briefing Materials, 7 June 2026: Transfer Policy RecommendationsICANN. Reviewed

At Cloudflare, before you leave

  1. Unlock the domain and copy the auth codeBefore

    In the Cloudflare dashboard, confirm that you want to unlock the domain, then copy the auth code Cloudflare generates. Give that code to your new registrar.

    Transfer domain from Cloudflare to another registrarCloudflare. Reviewed

  2. Check the 60-day transfer limitsBefore

    Cloudflare says a domain cannot be transferred if it was registered or transferred in the last 60 days. The same applies if the WHOIS registrant information changed in the last 60 days, even if redacted.

    Transfer domain from Cloudflare to another registrarCloudflare. Reviewed

  3. Approve it, or it auto-approves on day fiveDuring

    If you do not approve the transfer manually, it auto-approves on the fifth day after Cloudflare receives the request.

    Transfer domain from Cloudflare to another registrarCloudflare. Reviewed

  4. Expect the domain to leave your Cloudflare accountAfter

    When the transfer out completes, Cloudflare removes the domain from your account. You will not be charged for future renewals.

    Transfer domain from Cloudflare to another registrarCloudflare. Reviewed

At Porkbun, when you join

  1. Start at the Porkbun transfers pageBefore

    Unlock the domain and get an authorization code, also called an EPP code, from your old registrar. Then start the transfer at porkbun.com/transfer.

    How to Transfer a Domain to Porkbun From Any RegistrarPorkbun. Reviewed

  2. Recreate DNS if you use your old registrar's nameserversBefore

    Porkbun does not change your nameservers during a transfer. If you use your previous registrar's nameservers, you will most likely need to switch to Porkbun's nameservers and recreate your DNS records.

    Will my nameservers be imported during a transfer?Porkbun. Reviewed

  3. Allow 5 to 7 business daysDuring

    Porkbun says a transfer can take 5 to 7 business days. In most cases it also adds a year of registration time.

    How to Transfer a Domain to Porkbun From Any RegistrarPorkbun. Reviewed

Then: everything else the switch affects

The steps above are what Cloudflare and Porkbun say. Your full checklist adds the accounts, codes, payments and devices that depend on your domain registrar, in a safe order. It's built from your answers, in your browser.