---
id: "losing-registrar"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "losing registrar"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/losing-registrar/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/registrador-cedente/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/abgebender-registrar/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/bureau-enregistrement-cedant/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/registrar-cedente/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/registrador-cedente/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/peredayushchiy-registrator/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuanchu-zhuce-fuwu-jigou/"
---

# losing registrar

In a transfer, the registrar that the domain is leaving. It is the registrar of record until the move is complete. Under ICANN rules it must tell the holder about the request and may refuse the transfer only for the reasons listed in the Transfer Policy.

## related terms

- [gaining registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gaining-registrar/)
- [registrar of record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar-of-record/)
- [domain transfer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domain-transfer/)
- [transfer approval and rejection](https://tldlog.com/glossary/transfer-approval-and-rejection/)
- [Transfer Policy](https://tldlog.com/glossary/transfer-policy/)