---
id: "contact-handle"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "contact handle"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/contact-handle/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/identificador-contacto/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/kontakt-handle/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/identifiant-contact/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/identificativo-contatto/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/identificador-contato/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/identifikator-kontakta/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/lianxiren-biaoshi/"
---

# contact handle

A short identifier that a registrar or registry gives to a stored set of contact details, such as a registrant or technical contact. Domains refer to the handle, so one contact can serve many domains. In registries that hold no contact data, such handles exist only at the registrar.

## related terms

- [EPP object](https://tldlog.com/glossary/epp-object/)
- [registrant](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrant/)
- [registration data](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration-data/)
- [thick registry](https://tldlog.com/glossary/thick-registry/)
- [thin registry](https://tldlog.com/glossary/thin-registry/)