# Automatic renewal of domains

## Question

How to set up automatic domain renewal?

## Answer

Domain names can be automatically renewed. This saves you a lot of work because you do not need to renew each domain individually when it reaches its expiration date.

Your account will have a default auto-renew setting that will be applied to all domain registrations when you register them.

Account automatic renewal settings can be viewed and changed from the Openprovider Control Panel:  **Account** >> **Account Overview** >> **Settings** >> **Auto-renew**

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We recommend keeping the Auto-renew on at all times. The costs for accidentally renewing a domain name are far lower than the potential cost and headache that is caused by accidentally not renewing a domain name.

It is possible to set auto-renew setting per domain. Navigate to **[Domain Overview](https://cp.openprovider.eu/domain/overview.php)** and change the auto-renew setting of the specific domain name to one of the following three options:

- ![embedded-image-0yc4cb1j.png](https://openprovider.help/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/embedded-image-0yc4cb1j.png) **Default**: This setting will take the default account setting and renew domain names accordingly. If you have auto-renew disabled for your account, then all domains with the setting 'Default' will not be automatically renewed. If your auto-renew setting for your account is enabled, then all domains with the setting 'Default' will be automatically renewed.
- **![embedded-image-o0sy5lsb.png](https://openprovider.help/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/embedded-image-o0sy5lsb.png)On**: This domain will be automatically renewed.
- ![embedded-image-qqozgcgw.png](https://openprovider.help/uploads/images/gallery/2026-08/embedded-image-qqozgcgw.png) **Off**: This domain will not be automatically renewed.

Switch these states by clicking on the icon in the **[Domain Overview](https://cp.openprovider.eu/domain/overview.php)** in your account, making it easy to change the configuration where needed.

To renew a domain name directly, click on the green arrow icon in the **Renew** column. Be aware, this action is real-time and can not be reversed.