---
id: "registry-agreement-termination"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "Registry Agreement termination"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement-termination/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/rescision-acuerdo-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/beendigung-registry-agreements/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/resiliation-contrat-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/risoluzione-registry-agreement/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/rescisao-contrato-registro/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/rastorzhenie-soglasheniya-administrirovanii-reestra/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuce-guanli-jigou-xieyi-zhongzhi/"
---

# Registry Agreement termination

The end of the contract between ICANN and a gTLD registry operator, at the request of either side. ICANN then decides whether to move the TLD to a new operator or to remove it from the root zone. Many unused brand TLDs have ended this way.

## related terms

- [Registry Agreement](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-agreement/)
- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [.brand](https://tldlog.com/glossary/brand-tld/)
- [root zone](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-zone/)
- [delegation (TLD)](https://tldlog.com/glossary/delegation/)