---
id: "explicit-renewal"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "explicit renewal"
language: "en"
category: "Registration life cycle"
updated: "2026-10-10T09:09:47Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/explicit-renewal/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/renovacion-explicita/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/explizite-verlaengerung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/renouvellement-explicite/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/rinnovo-esplicito/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/renovacao-explicita/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/yavnoe-prodlenie/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/xianshi-xufei/"
---

# explicit renewal

A renewal that the registrar orders from the registry, as opposed to one the registry applies by itself. In many gTLDs the registry adds a year automatically at expiry and credits the registrar if the domain is then deleted in time.

## related terms

- [renewal](https://tldlog.com/glossary/renewal/)
- [auto-renew](https://tldlog.com/glossary/auto-renew/)
- [auto-renew grace period](https://tldlog.com/glossary/auto-renew-grace-period/)
- [renew grace period](https://tldlog.com/glossary/renew-grace-period/)
- [expiration](https://tldlog.com/glossary/expiration/)