Keep your details
out of WHOIS.
Every registered domain has a public WHOIS record. Privacy replaces your name, email, phone and address there with neutral details, while messages meant for you still reach you.
- Personal details hidden
- Less spam and scams
- Messages still reach you
Protect a domain
Privacy is added to a domain when you register or transfer it. Search for your domain to get started — we will tell you if its extension does not allow privacy.
Search domainsYour domain in public,
your details in private.
What WHOIS shows
Without privacy, anyone can look up the owner’s name, email, phone and address.
What privacy hides
Those details are replaced with neutral ones in the public record.
Forwarded messages
Genuine messages sent to the privacy address are passed on to you.
You stay the owner
Privacy changes what is shown, not who owns the domain.
Fewer scams
Fake renewal notices and cold calls need your details to reach you.
Where it is allowed
Most extensions allow privacy; a few country extensions do not, and we tell you before you buy.
Private from day one
Search your domain
Find a new name or bring one you already own.
Add privacy
Ask for privacy with the registration or transfer.
Stay private
Your details stay out of the public record.
What is WHOIS?
A public directory of who holds each domain. Registries require the details; privacy controls what is published.
Is the domain still mine?
Yes. You remain the legal owner; only the public listing changes.
Can people still contact me?
Yes. Messages sent to the privacy address are forwarded to you, without revealing your own address.
Can every domain have privacy?
Most can. A few country extensions do not allow it; we tell you when that is the case.