---
id: "deletion"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "deletion"
language: "en"
category: "Registration life cycle"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/deletion/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/eliminacion/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/loeschung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/suppression/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/cancellazione/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/exclusao/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/udalenie/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shanchu/"
---

# deletion

Ending a domain registration before or after it expires. The registrar sends a delete request to the registry. In gTLDs the name is not freed at once: it normally passes through redemption and pending delete first, unless it is deleted within the add grace period. Only then can someone else register it.

## related terms

- [RGP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/redemption-grace-period/)
- [pending delete](https://tldlog.com/glossary/pending-delete/)
- [drop](https://tldlog.com/glossary/drop/)
- [add grace period](https://tldlog.com/glossary/add-grace-period/)
- [clientDeleteProhibited](https://tldlog.com/glossary/clientdeleteprohibited/)